Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 07:12:55 -0700 From: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [HEADS-UP] Gnome megaupdate landed Message-ID: <20011009071255.A11518@johncoop.MSHOME> In-Reply-To: <3BC2AF66.1648EB0F@FreeBSD.org>; from sobomax@FreeBSD.org on Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 01:03:50 -0700 References: <3BC2AF66.1648EB0F@FreeBSD.org>
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On 2001.10.09 01:03 Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've just committed my GNOME megaupdate. Due to some
> substantial changes you have to deinstall *all* GNOME
> components and reinstall them all from scratch from a
> freshly cvsup'ed tree. To do so use the following procedure:
>
> # pkg_delete `cat /var/db/pkg/ORBit-*/+REQUIRED_BY`;
> pkg_delete ORBit*
> (users of -current and very recent -stable can use
> "pkg_delete -r ORBit*" instead)
>
> As usually, please report any unusual problems to
> gnome@FreeBSD.org. Thank you!
>
> -Maxim
>
>
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Well, I got the gnomeupdate.diff patch working last night. The
difference for me was using "pkg_delete -fr ORBit*"--the "-r" switch
doesn't appear to deinstall a port (at least on -STABLE) unless the port
has nothing dependent on it--definitely NOT the case with ORBit.
--
jmc
MacroHard -- the perfection of form over
substance, marketing over
performance, and greed over
design . . .
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