Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 12:47:51 +0100 From: Philip Lykke Carlsen <plcplc@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portssystem stale dependencies Message-ID: <200511201247.52226.plcplc@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200511200218.37151.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> References: <200511191137.45598.plcplc@gmail.com> <200511200218.37151.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
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Sunday 20 November 2005 03:18 skrev RW: > On Saturday 19 November 2005 10:37, Philip Lykke Carlsen wrote: > > .. does anyone know why the problem of stale dependencies in the package > > system occurs?.. it's just.. the system won't let you install any given > > port/package without having met all the dependencies.. > > That's not entirely true, it's really only portupgrade and it's associated > tools that have a serious problem with stale dependencies. Portmanager is > much more forgiving, as is direct "make install" installation. Well, then I think that I'll give portmanager a try.. thanks :-)
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