From owner-freebsd-ports Wed May 26 16:14:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu (unknown [209.198.197.197]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C873814F14 for ; Wed, 26 May 1999 16:14:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obonilla@voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu) Received: (from obonilla@localhost) by voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA01465; Wed, 26 May 1999 17:12:36 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from obonilla) Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 17:12:36 -0600 From: Oscar Bonilla To: patl@phoenix.volant.org Cc: Chris Piazza , Oscar Bonilla , ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Right way to upgrade a port Message-ID: <19990526171236.F917@fisicc-ufm.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: ; from patl@phoenix.volant.org on Wed, May 26, 1999 at 04:02:15PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 04:02:15PM -0700, patl@phoenix.volant.org wrote: > The problem with the pkg_delete/make install sequence is that it can > get quite awkward if there are other ports that depend on the one you > are trying to update. For worst-case scenaria, check out the dependancy > trees for gnome and kde... > I know! I've been bitten by it in the past. That's why I was posting. Maybe there should be an option (upgrade?) in the package/ports system that would do both, i mean deleting the old package without worring about dependencies and installing the new version... just a thought. Regards, -Oscar -- For PGP Public Key: finger obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message