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Date:      Wed, 22 Feb 2017 00:45:35 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 217284] ports-mgmt/portupgrade and handling of shared libraries used by depending ports
Message-ID:  <bug-217284-13@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 217284
           Summary: ports-mgmt/portupgrade and handling of shared
                    libraries used by depending ports
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: bdrewery@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: mi@FreeBSD.org
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(bdrewery@FreeBSD.org)
          Assignee: bdrewery@FreeBSD.org

Currently portupgrade will only update depending ports, when invoked with t=
he
-r flag. It should be possible (perhaps with a different option) to
automatically rebuild those of them, that use a shared library provided by =
one
of the ports being rebuild IF such a shared library's version changes.

A separate -- but related -- problem is that portupgrade relies on the
dependencies explicitly-listed by each port (and put together into INDEX) --
which may be inaccurate.

Instead it should use the pkg's database -- which is more reliable since it
lists the ACTUAL shared libraries used by each installed package's binaries.

This problem is currently handled by bumps to PORTREVISION -- a poor crutch,
that should never have been used for the purpose.

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