From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 17 11:52:34 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B4C51065670 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:52:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lumiwa@gmail.com) Received: from mail-tul01m020-f182.google.com (mail-tul01m020-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22D068FC12 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:52:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obcwo16 with SMTP id wo16so3125758obc.13 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:52:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=XhpT5+6bM8XykON40bdy3nIPXPRX6EAiqnVJ/qDNsNI=; b=XbMb2nNDecUc9WKkLwVl0qh734ybygXcixh8RTYIoaXvkH0lAQngCbHxi7C8QbaEXu NbxOOil5ymErULjmki+sw5n2Omrk1NtYd4DntO4QfivlqgLazInSKIn5LiggTSAbT1Fv UEvEvqKI4NgAdeXEx29vPevVY8PeThvwJN6Ps= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.147.106 with SMTP id tj10mr14857177obb.12.1326801153695; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:52:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.24.194 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:52:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <201201161651.53883.lumiwa@gmail.com> <92176E96-D87B-4704-A53B-2FC1E050BEFA@mac.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:52:33 -0600 Message-ID: From: Franci Nabalanci To: Freddie Cash Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xcb-util X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:52:34 -0000 I had fresh installed FreeBSD 9.0-RC3 ad than I updated to 9.0-Release. I ran portsnap fetch update and portmaster -a and xcb was updated. It happened day before when was /usr/ports/UPDATING update wtih portmaster -R -r xcb-util.0 which I ran yesterday and it happened what I wrote before. On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > On Jan 16, 2012, at 2:51 PM, ajtiM wrote: > >> FreeBSD 9.0 is out, many people updated, new installation...KDE 4.7.4 is > >> coming in the ports (I hope no) and now all this reinstallation for > xcb-util. > >> Is it not possible to synchronized a little with the other ports? > > > > You're the one managing your machine(s). If you want a package systems > which releases less frequently than FreeBSD ports are updated, then either > do not update your ports as rapidly, or consider switching to something > like pkgsrc from NetBSD. > > Alternatively, switch to using pre-built, binary packages via the -P > and -PP switches to portmaster/portupgrade, or even pkg_upgrade (from > the sysutils/bsdadminscripts port). > > >> I need to reinstall about 300 ports (KDE, Firefox, libxul, GIMP...). > >> It is to much... > > > > Why do you need to reinstall? > > Perhaps because he just completed an upgrade from 8.x to 9.0? While > there are ways to mitigate the need for awhile (misc/compat8x, leaving > old libraries around, various switches to portmaster/portupgrade to > keep old versions of libs in /usr/local/compat, etc), eventually, one > should reinstall all ports when upgrading between major versions of > FreeBSD. > > However, one has the option of scheduling when that rebuilt/reinstall > occurs. If you know a new version of X, KDE, Firefox are coming down > the pipe soon, then why not wait until those major updates hit the > ports tree? And then do everything all at once? Rather than > reinstalling everything after the 8->9 upgrade, and then again for > libxcb, then again for KDE, then again for Port X, Port Y, etc, etc, > etc. > > Just because a new version hits the ports tree, doesn't mean you have > to rush right out, this second, and upgrade to it. :) > > > -- > Freddie Cash > fjwcash@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >