From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 20 21:38:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7C891065677 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:38:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from aegis.hamla.org (aegis.hamla.org [206.251.255.39]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A3378FC0A for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:38:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aegis.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B6AB5C73; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:38:49 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=tandon.net; h= in-reply-to:content-disposition:content-type:mime-version :references:reply-to:message-id:subject:from:date:received: x-virus-scanned; s=aegis; t=1221946729; bh=WkcMAUXok0stRNppm1Zy2 RPCvyy1xYjjgJNcNGkGwv8=; b=YDjINLZ8xrC/yJYV4lN2Gm7XwclaaMvk3Ymi3 JAYt0WSs3PGhzIdb7CbrCeMviqL566523eyKZqFyBZvvAzUyBP++0PbZ1hZ+eaD0 EoDEs30n9jrmcxtA/Tl/GUpgRdjcGI6x1qOjdQQOa4uURM+k7mfozbLCDNz6Vaqj 4jHceE= X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV at aegis.hamla.org Received: from aegis.hamla.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (aegis.hamla.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10027) with LMTP id aZSFCFvwKY+R; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:38:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:38:29 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon To: gahn Message-ID: <20080920213829.GB20158@shepherd> References: <820483.44101.qm@web52104.mail.re2.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <820483.44101.qm@web52104.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd general questions Subject: Re: upgrade packges X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:38:31 -0000 gahn wrote: > Hi all: > > I am trying upgrading some packages and having problems. for example: > > home# pkg_delete mysql-client-5.0.67 > pkg_delete: package 'mysql-client-5.0.67' is required by these other packages > and may not be deinstalled: > apache-2.2.9_5 > php5-5.2.6_2 > cyrus-sasl-2.1.22_1 > postfix-2.5.4,1 > subversion-1.5.2 > > ok, if i removed it via "pkg_delete -f" and replace it with new > version (5.1), then what would happen to packeges like apach2.2.9.5, > php5-5.2.6_2 ...? are those packages would fail? They should not fail if you successfully upgrade mysql-client; incidentally, you might want to try: % portupgrade -o databases/mysql50-client mysql-client Of course, to do this you'll need to install ports-mgmt/portupgrade. -- Sahil Tandon