From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 25 12:39:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B67116A4CF for ; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 12:39:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CCBF43D1F for ; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 12:39:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i6PCdCc6015009 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 25 Jul 2004 13:39:12 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i6PCdBLv015008; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 13:39:11 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 13:39:11 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." Message-ID: <20040725123911.GC14398@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." , Rob , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <410332CF.5020900@yahoo.com> <410334FA.7020604@daleco.biz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <410334FA.7020604@daleco.biz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Greylist: Message not sent from an IPv4 address, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.3 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [0.0.0.0]); Sun, 25 Jul 2004 13:39:12 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040705, clamav-milter version 0.74a on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: Rob cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portupgrade Stale dependency: "specify -O to force" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 12:39:18 -0000 --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 11:20:10PM -0500, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wro= te: > Rob wrote: > >When I use commands from the portupgrade port, I get this message: > > > > Stale dependency: kde-3.2.3 --> autoconf-2.57_1 -- manually run > > 'pkgdb -F' to fix, or specify -O to force. > > > >I wanted to use the '-O' option, but that does not seem to exist. > >I've tried 'pkgdb -O' or 'pkgdb -FO' > > > >Is this '-O' suggestion mistake in the portupgrade port? > > > >How can I use the force option? > Hmm, pretty sure that should be a little "o". At least that's > what the help screen and the manpage seem to indicate... >=20 > [/usr/ports]=20 > [23:16] = =20 > % pkgdb --help > pkgdb rev.1.69 >=20 > usage: pkgdb [-hafFQQquv] [-c pkgname] [-o pkgname] [-s=20 > /old_pkgname/new_pkgname/] [file ...] >=20 > -h, --help Show this message The message is a mite confusing. It means you should either run: # pkgdb -F to fix up the dependency records within /var/db/pkg before you run portupgrade(1), or that you should run: # portupgrade -O ... to tell portupgrade to omit the dependency checks as it does its work. The former is considerably preferable to the latter. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBA6nviD657aJF7eIRAjv5AJ9pjhRv/EvzLlrmliZFFvcArVXSugCfdFh+ 2/PTpRFlCNMP37+JoN1hk7c= =5HiX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy--