Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:44:51 +0100 (CET) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When to use 'portupgrade -R' Message-ID: <20041210182729.V955@pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <20041210163932.GC74945@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20041210145456.GB74945@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20041210163932.GC74945@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > 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. You should run # pkgdb -F after new installations or deinstallations - actually portupgrade does this too, but I found it more convenient to do it seperately. A stale dependency is a dependency that doesn't exist any more on your system. Either you deinstalled some port that was needed by some other, or the dependency was outdated for some reasons. In the first case a reinstallation might help, in the latter a look at /usr/ports/UPDATING . > : 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. Tracking Gnome can be quite hard, since it consists of some hundred interdependant ports, which are updated regularily. You might have to do ugly things like # portupgrade -arf if you want to run the absolutely latest version. If not: Just install the binaries and wait for the next -RELEASE. Regards, Uli. > > > jm > -- > My other computer is your Windows box. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+
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