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Date:      Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:27:52 -0700
From:      "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
To:        sroberts@dsl.pipex.com
Cc:        Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>, Mike Harding <mvh@ix.netcom.com>, dnelson@allantgroup.com, FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: xscreensaver-gnome-4.05 install fails 
Message-ID:  <20020614182752.37EC35D07@ptavv.es.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "14 Jun 2002 19:04:41 BST." <1024077883.357.21.camel@Demon.Strobe.org> 

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> From: Stacey Roberts <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com>
> Date: 14 Jun 2002 19:04:41 +0100
> Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG
> 
> Okay, so I decided to go with upgrading gtk-1.2.10_5 instead of editing
> the gtk file. But I then get the following error even before anything
> starts:
> # portupgrade -R gtk-1.2.10_5
> Stale dependency: gtk-1.2.10_5 --> XFree86-libraries-4.2.0_1 -- manually
> run 'pkgdb -F' to fix (-O disallowed when -R is given).
> #
> 
> Now, I ran into problems with this pkgdb -F command before, that
> resulted in lots of gnome stuff breaking. In particular, where it
> relates to the stale dependancy -> XFree86-4 stuff..,
> 
> Is this / has the above error been looked at?

Stale dependencies happen. It is the nature of portupgrade and not the
individual ports. Fixing them is pretty safe (and pretty essential) if
you understand what you are doing.

What version of XFree86 libraries is installed on your system? I think
4.2.0_1 is the current one, but you probably either have a very old
version that pre-dates the conversion of XFree86 to it's current form
and all you have installed is XFree86-4.x. If it's more recent, you
probably have XFree86-libraries-4.x.

When you run pkgdb -F, it will report the invalid dependency and
probably show you your installed version of XFree86 libraries. If so,
just enter 'a' and continue.

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634

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