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Subject: Re: portmanager confusion
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On Monday 13 March 2006 02:44, Randy Bush wrote:
> >> two questions
> >>
> >>   o how do i tell portmanager to force the single port, and
> >>     not everything on which it depends as in -f?
> >>
> >>   o why did portmanager not rebuild in the following case.
> >>     as i can not force, then who is responsible to see ports
> >
> >     with changes are rebuilt?
> >
> > Take a look at the acroread Makefile and you'll see why you can't do
> > anything with it.
>
> ok, so i am in the midst of the disgusting incantations for acroread.
>

This is a red-herring, all you need do is agree to the terms when prompted.