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Date:      Tue, 4 Sep 2007 17:01:22 +0200
From:      Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Philosophy of default "pkg_add -r" PACKAGESITE?
Message-ID:  <200709041701.23582.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070904144027.GA3547@dan.emsphone.com>
References:  <46DCCC2C.7030402@greywether.com> <46DD1AF6.20900@FreeBSD.org> <20070904144027.GA3547@dan.emsphone.com>

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On Tuesday 04 September 2007 16:40:27 Dan Nelson wrote:

> Also, packages from the -stable directory may have
> different/conflicting dependencies compared to existing packages on
> your system.  Imagine installing 6.2 before the x.org-7 update, then
> trying to "pkg_add -r" a package from the -stable directory that
> depends on an xorg-7 feature.  pkg_add just isn't smart enough to
> realize that you really need to upgrade all of X, and will probably
> fail the install at some point.

The same applies to a 6.2-STABLE before x.org-7 update, no difference there.

It's not about port dependencies, it's about base-system dependencies. It 
doesn't happen often that within a minor release update a library gets a 
version bump, but binary incompatibilities may still occur.

For -RELEASE you are expected to upgrade from source. Typical behavior being 
that ports only get upgraded when portaudit reports them unsafe.

-- 
Mel

People using reply to all on lists, must think I need 2 copies.



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