From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 28 20:23:29 2007 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 2FC2716A419 for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:23:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCEF313C45D for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:23:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-10-135.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.10.135]:62684 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with smtp (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1IEsop-0006JV-6O for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:23:28 +0200 Received: (qmail 77058 invoked from network); 28 Jul 2007 22:23:17 +0200 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with SMTP; 28 Jul 2007 22:23:17 +0200 Received: (qmail 24993 invoked by uid 1001); 28 Jul 2007 22:23:17 +0200 Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:23:16 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Jonathan Horne Message-ID: <20070728202316.GA15797@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Jonathan Horne , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200707281513.51368.freebsd@dfwlp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200707281513.51368.freebsd@dfwlp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.10.135 X-ACL-Warn: Too high rate of unknown addresses received from you X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1IEsop-0006JV-6O. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1IEsop-0006JV-6O a2f3e1222f0bbb4bba932789f8da1a64 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: oops, what have i done! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:23:29 -0000 On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 03:13:51PM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: > today, when i was auditing what needs to be updated, i came upon this: > > autoconf-2.13.000227_5 < needs updating (port has > 2.13.000227_6) > autoconf-2.53_3 < needs updating (port has 2.53_4) > autoconf-2.59_2 < needs updating (port has 2.59_3) > automake-1.4.6_3 < needs updating (port has 1.4.6_4) > automake-1.5_3,1 < needs updating (port has 1.5_4,1) > automake-1.9.6_1 < needs updating (port has 1.9.6_2) > > how did i manage to get so many of these 3 things installed? can i assume its > safe to remove all but the highest version? Short answer: It is perfectly normal. Don't worry. Longer answer: The reason you have all of them installed is that some ports need one of them, and others need another one etc. It is perfectly safe to have all of them installed at the same time. You can delete any or all of them if you wish, but don't be surprised if they get pulled in again by one port or another. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se