Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 02:18:35 +0000 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portssystem stale dependencies Message-ID: <200511200218.37151.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <200511191137.45598.plcplc@gmail.com> References: <200511191137.45598.plcplc@gmail.com>
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On Saturday 19 November 2005 10:37, Philip Lykke Carlsen wrote: > .. does anyone know why the problem of stale dependencies in the package > system occurs?.. it's just.. the system won't let you install any given > port/package without having met all the dependencies.. That's not entirely true, it's really only portupgrade and it's associated tools that have a serious problem with stale dependencies. Portmanager is much more forgiving, as is direct "make install" installation.
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