Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 05:59:12 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question Message-ID: <200503280559.12940.ringworm01@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4247B6F7.8010508@att.net> References: <20050328044052.75667.qmail@web53909.mail.yahoo.com> <200503272151.29109.ringworm01@gmail.com> <4247B6F7.8010508@att.net>
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On Sunday 27 March 2005 11:49 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote: > Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > It would be nice if the ports make options were better documented, > > but > > > > you can read through /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk and find information > > on the various options. > > > > here is an example: > > > > # all-depends-list > > # - Show all directories which are > > dependencies # for this port. > > > > then > > > > cd /usr/ports/lang/ezm3/ > > make all-depends-list > > > > result: > > > > /usr/ports/converters/libiconv > > /usr/ports/devel/gettext > > /usr/ports/devel/gmake > > /usr/ports/devel/libtool15 > > > > -Mike > > Mike, > > That's great info, thank you. It really helps put this into > perspective. > > I did portmanager -sl and it identifies 7 candidates for deletion. > It identifies cvsup-without-gui and also identifies ezm3 upon which > it depends. Am I missing something here or shouldn't ezm3 not been > identified as a "leaf port"? > > Jay ezm3 is a build dependency most likely, meaning once cvsup-without-gui is built it no longer needs ezm3, runs fine without it. -Mike
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