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From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de>
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Subject: Re: When to use 'portupgrade -R'
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On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 05:08:44PM +0100, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote:
: Hmm, I am afraid your question is a bit general ...

I've tried the '-R' option before, and ended up with portupgrade telling me
I had stale dependencies, and I never can get those fixed right.  Maybe I
should just stop using that option.

: Anyway:
: /usr/ports/UPDATING will inform you about problematic or 
: necessary upgrades.
: I guess reading this before portupgrade will usually keep you out 
: of trouble.

I know Gnome/gtk often has had issues, but since I'm jettisoning Gnome for
xfce, I won't have nearly as many Gnome components to worry about.


jm
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