Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 10:33:19 -0400 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Force rebuild/reinstall dependent ports Message-ID: <20090524103319.53865644@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20090524021805.453ea089@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <20090523233141.GA1667@volt.iem.pw.edu.pl> <18968.37675.828078.687262@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20090524021805.453ea089@gumby.homeunix.com>
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--Sig_/yRyu7V9h6Fs=Cm2UiNJH6ei Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 24 May 2009 02:18:05 +0100 RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: >On Sat, 23 May 2009 20:22:03 -0400 >Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote: > >>=20 >> Marcin Rzepecki writes: >>=20 >> > But why won't port do this automatically? Is there a way to force >> > it before installing updated port version? >>=20 >> Revuilding a dependency (here, dovecot) does not always >> require rebuilding the dependant port. Sometimes, but not always. >> Also: are you aware of ports-mgmt/portupgrade, >> ports-mgmt/portmaster, etc.? > >This kind of thing should be in UPDATING. > >Portmanager will update automatically, at the expense of a lot of >gratuitous rebuilding. I use 'portmanager' myself. It fixes a lot of problems that other 'update managers' seem to miss. Update your ports tree and then run: portmanager mail/dovecot -l -f -y That should get all of your dependencies corrected. --=20 Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com The reverse side also has a reverse side. Japanese proverb --Sig_/yRyu7V9h6Fs=Cm2UiNJH6ei Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkoZWrgACgkQBvaKIJWWCO2d1QCfaYg9SV/XmOMtHebkYrskDVLr jpkAn0AZ3cbrtVD2mSdYDaCp8OMLFNsN =0Rs4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/yRyu7V9h6Fs=Cm2UiNJH6ei--
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