From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 24 15:54:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E63BB16A584 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:54:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from post5.inre.asu.edu (post5.inre.asu.edu [129.219.110.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C841043D1F for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:54:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from David.Bear@asu.edu) Received: from conversion.post5.inre.asu.edu by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1-1X6 #30769) id <0I4J00C01YN9IW@asu.edu> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:49:57 -0700 (MST) Received: from smtp.asu.edu (smtp.asu.edu [129.219.110.107]) <0I4J00BHEYN8VH@asu.edu>; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:49:56 -0700 (MST) Received: from moroni.pp.asu.edu (moroni.pp.asu.edu [129.219.69.200]) (8.12.10/8.12.10/asu_smtp_relay,nullclient,tcp_wrapped) with ESMTP id i8OFnt71017279; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:49:55 -0700 (MST) Received: by moroni.pp.asu.edu (Postfix, from userid 500) id 20F98FA3; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:48:51 -0700 (MST) Received: from post1.inre.asu.edu (post1.inre.asu.edu [129.219.110.72]) by moroni.pp.asu.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h2IJXmq23852 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:33:48 -0700 Received: from conversion.post1.inre.asu.edu by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1 #40110) id <0HBY00001MCAPK@asu.edu> for iddwb@moroni.pp.asu.edu (ORCPT David.Bear@asu.edu); Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:33:47 -0700 (MST) Received: from mired.org (ip68-97-54-220.ok.ok.cox.net [68.97.54.220]) by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1 #40110) with SMTP id <0HBY0001EMCANB@asu.edu> for iddwb@moroni.pp.asu.edu (ORCPT David.Bear@asu.edu); Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:33:46 -0700 (MST) Received: (qmail 79273 invoked from network); Tue, 18 Mar 2003 19:33:46 +0000 Received: from localhost.mired.org (HELO guru.mired.org) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.mired.org with SMTP; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 19:33:46 +0000 From: Mike Meyer X-Face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`; h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ In-reply-to: <1048014804.2249.26.camel@localhost> To: dwbear75@gmail.com Message-id: <15991.29850.219484.871198@guru.mired.org> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Old-To: Matthew Smith X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/0.71 (Hoop, Jr.) Lines: 14 References: <20030318095553.F18308@asu.edu> <1048014804.2249.26.camel@localhost> cc: David.Bear@asu.edu cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_upgrade ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:54:29 -0000 X-Original-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:33:46 -0600 X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:54:29 -0000 In <1048014804.2249.26.camel@localhost>, Matthew Smith typed: > Of course, this method does not work if there are any packages/ports > depending on the port you are upggrading. The pkg_deinstall will fail > because of the dependencies. I believe a pkg_deinstall -f will forcibly > remove the package anyway. Unfortunately, I still sometimes find the > dependent ports need to be recompiled for the new version of the port > you are installing. Yup. That's what portupgrade is for. http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information.