Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 11:05:31 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Multiple port versions Message-ID: <17819.54347.161521.164582@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20070103153342.KXTZ60.dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com@dukecmmtao03> References: <20070103153342.KXTZ60.dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com@dukecmmtao03>
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Vizion writes:
> What is the safest way to remove the earlier versions?
By not doing so.
Different ports use different versions of the same program;
this especially true with things like "automake" and "autoconf".
(In the latter two instances there's a push on to unify some or all
of these ... but that day is not today.)
If I _had_ to do this, I would:
run "pkgdb -F"
for each port {
run "pkg_info -R" on each port
if and only if no other ports are listed under "required
by", delete the port
run "pkgdb -F"
}
Robert Huff
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