Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:48:59 +0000 From: Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com> To: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: Christopher Kelley <bsd@kelleycows.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: libtool note in UPDATING Message-ID: <3aaaa3a0602271748j4ece4502w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <op.s5ntodyp9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> References: <440377FF.4020502@kelleycows.com> <20060227225357.GA87738@xor.obsecurity.org> <op.s5ntodyp9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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On 28/02/06, Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:53:57 -0600, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> > wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 02:06:55PM -0800, Christopher Kelley wrote: > >> Am I reading the entry for libtool in UPDATING correctly? It seems to > >> me to basically say "There's no way to tell you how to successfully > >> update your ports with the new libtool, hope you really understand how > >> all the ports interact with each other, good night and good luck." > >> > >> Now, I *DO* sort of understand the need for this change from reading > the > >> entry, and I'm not arguing the fact that the change needed to be made. > I > >> just don't know where to go from here because now I'm afraid to update > >> any of my ports since I'm not sure I would understand the output of th= e > >> -n flag enough to figure out how to update my ports. > >> > >> Is there a more straightforward explanation of how to upgrade ports > with > >> the new libtool? > > > > Basically, portupgrade -a should be OK (but watch out for the perl > > upgrade as well, i.e. read that entry too). If you run into problems > > let us know; I'd like to refine that entry with a working prescription > > before the release. > > I doubt the 'portupgrade -a' will working on any ports that depend on > glib12, gtk12 and etc. I would go with -af or -afr to force rebuild all > apps if you want to use portupgrade instead remove ports and reinstall > stuff as suggested in the UPDATING. > > Cheers, > Mezz > > > Kris > > > -- > mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org > FreeBSD GNOME Team > http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org > _______________________________________________ I am guilty of not reading UPDATING on this but I used -a and -i on first few machines and have so far not seen any problems as a result. Chris
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