Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:32:33 -0600 From: Joshua Lokken <joshua.lokken@gmail.com> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When to use 'portupgrade -R' Message-ID: <bc5b6385041210113236b5aee4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041210163932.GC74945@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20041210145456.GB74945@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20041210170210.L955@pukruppa.net> <20041210163932.GC74945@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:39:32 +0000, Jonathon McKitrick
<jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org> 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.
>
> : 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.
from 'man portupgrade(1)':
-r
--recursive Act on all those packages depending on the
given packages as well.
-R
--upward-recursive Act on all those packages required
by the given packages as well. [snip]
It sounds like you are / were not sure of what those options
actually do. Have a read of the manpage; it'll do you worlds
of good.
--
Joshua Lokken
Open Source Advocate
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