Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 11:44:14 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade question Message-ID: <20090708234414.GA62881@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20090708222041.470ad9e1@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <OF2355CE2D.47E3A366-ONC22575ED.003F63D8-C22575ED.003F84B8@procreditbank.bg> <200907081450.18010.meslists@yahoo.fr> <20090708200028.GB58203@osiris.chen.org.nz> <20090708222041.470ad9e1@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 10:20:41PM +0100, RW wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:00:28 +1200 > Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 02:50:17PM +0200, dan wrote: > > > THat's the point ! > > > > > > isnt that -R implied by -N ? > > > > > > From the portupgrade man page > > > > > > > > > [...] > > > -N > > > --new > > > Install a new port/package when a specified package is not > > > installed. Prior to the installation a new port/package, all the > > > required packages are upgraded. > > > > No. Since the dependant package *is* installed. It's just not up > > to date. > > I don't understand what you're are saying here. My reading of the > manpage is the same as Dan's: when you install kdeadmin with > portupgrade -N, everything that kdeadmin requires will be upgraded i.e. > "brought up to date". My mistake. It may be a regression with portupgrade; or just that the feature in the second sentence has never been implemented due to the overlap with -R -- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Irrationality is the square root of all evil" - Douglas Hofstadter
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