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Hi,

On 06 August 2009 pm 19:10:07 Lars Eighner wrote:
>
> Would these things build if I deleted all 1619 installed
> packages and started from scratch, or are the circular gotchas
> built-in with python and qt?

do not even ask this question if you have a working system.

I realised this problem by luck when I tried to update a single 
program which is affected by this. After seeing how many ports 
depend on this, I decided to keep my system as it is and wait 
until FreeBSD 8 is officially out.

I will then do a full upgrade.

I think that you hit the weakest point of FreeBSD. When a version 
number of a base port changes, hundreds or even thousands of 
ports have to be recompiled. It is basically the same effect as 
when the major version number of FreeBSD changes.

If this would be synchronised with the main FreeBSD releases, it 
would have a minor effect on users.

Erich