Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 07:35:09 -0700 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm@inbox.lv> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stale dependencies Message-ID: <200408210735.14586.ringworm@inbox.lv> In-Reply-To: <20040821092242.55846.qmail@web51306.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040821092242.55846.qmail@web51306.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Saturday 21 August 2004 2:22 am, Mark Withers wrote: > Hello everyone! > > I've been using FBSD for a few years now, but am not > sure as to what a 'stale dependency' is... > > I am receiving an error message with ymessenger pkg > that it has stale dependencies and to use 'pkgdb -F' > to fix or -O to force. > > I'm a bit inexperienced when it comes to repairing the > package db and would appreciate any pointers you can > give. > > Thanks for listening... > > Mark Stale dependency means portupgrade doesn't recognize the dependency port used to build the listed port. It wants you to use pkgdb -F so it can force the dependency to be something portupgrade recognizes. Though your listed port was built with a "stale" (out of date) dependency port, portupgrade wants to change so that it looks like the listed port was built with a current up to date dependency. A better approach is to rebuild the port with newer, up to date dependency ports that are not "stale". I suggest you get a current cvsup then update your port collection with sysutils/portmanager, it will rebuild your ports with only up to date dependencies. -Mike
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