Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 20:40:22 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Increase in the number of ports: upgrade xorg to 7.2... Message-ID: <20070609004022.GA54574@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20070608202759.E926.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net> References: <20070608170345.4134.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net> <20070608211222.GA48994@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20070608202759.E926.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net>
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On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 08:30:01PM -0400, Gerard wrote: > On June 08, 2007 at 05:12PM Kris Kennaway wrote: > > [snip] > > > FYI, if you'd used an upgrade tool like portupgrade it would have been > > seamless because portupgrade keeps the old library version around for > > precisely this reason. > > Actually, I ended up using portmanager with the '-p' flag to force > updating of all dependencies no matter how far down the dependency > tree they were. OK, but the point about the cause of your problems stands. If you're going to complain about dependency problems, you should consider instead using a tool that is mature enough to handle them without causing problems. Kris
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