Date: 15 Feb 2001 03:24:31 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> Cc: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, Paul Richards <paul@FreeBSD-Services.co.uk>, Leif Neland <leif@neland.dk>, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_update Message-ID: <xzp66icadk0.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Paul Richards's message of "Wed, 14 Feb 2001 17:55:39 %2B0000" References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102080152030.58657-100000@arnold.neland.dk> <20010207202335.C20454@peorth.iteration.net> <20010208232645.A86390@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> <00c501c092ec$678e73a0$0e00a8c0@neland.dk> <3A8A9FD6.B91CE40E@FreeBSD-Services.co.uk> <20010214123149.A9698@london.physics.purdue.edu> <3A8AC69B.6C901249@originative.co.uk>
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Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> writes: > Will Andrews wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 03:10:14PM +0000, Paul Richards wrote: > > > The problem is that 'make install' in a port doesn't check dependencies > > > properly, whereas pkg_install does. > > Uh, actually, 'make install' does a better job. pkg_install has no > > clue about substitute dependencies. > Ahh, that makes sense. That's what's happening then, 'make install' is > succeeding because it's using substitute dependencies but pkg_install > fails because the specific packages it expects to see are missing. porteasy (/usr/ports/misc/porteasy) goes to great lengths to determine the actual dependencies of a specific port. You might have better luck trying to hack an update function into porteasy than using pkg_update. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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