From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 4 19:15:19 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DF6C16A420 for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 19:15:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rperry@gti.net) Received: from apollo.gti.net (apollo.gti.net [199.171.27.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9E3143D46 for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 19:15:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rperry@gti.net) Received: from [208.216.115.81] (ts6m-pool0-81.gti.net [208.216.115.81]) by apollo.gti.net (mail) with ESMTP id 4287E355FF for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 14:11:07 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <43E4FD62.3040401@gti.net> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 14:15:46 -0500 From: Bob Perry User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060114) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Alternative to Running Portupgrade -rf In Upgrade of expat2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 19:15:19 -0000 /usr/ports/UPDATING recommends that users of textproc/expat2 run portupgrade -rf textproc/expat2 to properly update expat2 and all of its dependencies. Am I correct in that I should be able to run portupgrade on the dependencies individually once identified? I have 48 dependencies on one box and 151 on another and only use a dialup service. Disconnections are common and can be a real problem in this situation. thnx Bob