From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 9 04:32:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC6561065730 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2009 04:32:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from chen.org.nz (ip-58-28-152-174.static-xdsl.xnet.co.nz [58.28.152.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5010A8FC19 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2009 04:32:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 136DE2843E; Thu, 9 Jul 2009 11:44:14 +1200 (NZST) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 11:44:14 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: RW Message-ID: <20090708234414.GA62881@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <200907081450.18010.meslists@yahoo.fr> <20090708200028.GB58203@osiris.chen.org.nz> <20090708222041.470ad9e1@gumby.homeunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090708222041.470ad9e1@gumby.homeunix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:32:50 -0000 On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 10:20:41PM +0100, RW wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:00:28 +1200 > Jonathan Chen 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Irrationality is the square root of all evil" - Douglas Hofstadter