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Date:      31 Oct 2002 06:54:36 -0600
From:      Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
To:        Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>
Cc:        Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.ORG>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How flexible _is_ the use of ports?
Message-ID:  <1036068877.393.8.camel@lerlaptop.lerctr.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021031010815.T618@numachi.com>
References:  <20021030212408.N618@numachi.com> <1036031219.442.13.camel@lerlaptop.lerctr.org> <20021030213055.P618@numachi.com> <1036031545.442.15.camel@lerlaptop.lerctr.org> <20021030222723.Q618@numachi.com> <1036034966.83261.2.camel@lerlaptop.lerctr.org> <20021030223732.R618@numachi.com> <1036035547.83261.4.camel@lerlaptop.lerctr.org> <20021030224350.S618@numachi.com> <20021031035136.GX197@vectors.cx>  <20021031010815.T618@numachi.com>

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On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 00:08, Brian Reichert wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 07:51:36PM -0800, Adam Weinberger wrote:
> > The problem seems to be that the libraries from graphics/tiff are still
> > there, but the entry in the port database isn't. It's fastest to just
> > install the port manually, and stick to using portupgrade in the future
> > when you want to upgrade stuff, portinstall when you want to add stuff,
> > and pkg_deinstall when you wish to delete stuff.
> 
> Ok, I manualy reintroduced all of the components that pkgdb whined
> about, then I was in fact able to execute 'portupgrade -fRr mozilla',
> and it indeed went though all of the machinations.
> 
> So, I thank all of your for help in hand-holding.
Not a problem. I personally enjoy helping. 
> 
> Regrettably, my orginal problem with the mozilla browser still seems
> in place, so I'm uncertain how to advance on this without a full
> reinstall...
What is the problem? 
> 
> > 
> > -Adam
> > 
> 
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