Date: 30 Oct 2002 14:11:42 -0600 From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> To: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How flexible _is_ the use of ports? Message-ID: <1036008702.460.29.camel@lerlaptop.iadfw.net> In-Reply-To: <20021030150951.J618@numachi.com> References: <20021030150951.J618@numachi.com>
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On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 14:09, Brian Reichert wrote: > The lastest rev of my desktop, I committed to the use of ports to > introduce software to the system. I'm quite impressed with the > amount of work that people have put into this; it does quite a bit > for me. > > I had a recent hard crash (which I rebooted from successfully) > revealed some misbehavior on Mozilla's port. No biggie, I said, > I'll just reinstall it from ports. > > This didn't clear up my problem; seemingly the issue is not with > Mozilla, but with one of the build- or run-dependancies. > > Is there a way to ask a port, and all of it's dependancies (and > theirs, recursively) to be reinstalled, while honoring FORCE_PKG_REGISTER? > > The try-one-at-a-time method is _quite_ tiring... > > Oh, this under 4.5-RELEASE, FWIW... portupgrade -fr portname (/usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade). (or is it portupgrade -fR? ) read the man page. > > -- > Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> > 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 > Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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