Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:38:28 -0700 (PDT) From: youshi10@u.washington.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> Subject: Re: regular portsdb maintanence Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0703271738280.8636@hymn07.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070328002547.GN11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca>
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On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > Hello, > > I just upgraded portupgrade, and it recommended that I run pkgdb -L to look > for lost dependencies. This raised the question to me of what I should > regularly run in cron jobs to maintain the db. > > Is it wise to put say, pkgdb -L into a weekly cron? Anything else? > > How are dependencies lost anyway? Beyond reading the source, is there a > document that tells me how pkgdb works? > > Thanks, > Mike I can't say I've used that option lately, but I'm pretty sure that what you're experiencing occurs because stuff a) gets moved or b) gets removed. Versioned port like lib/libnet10 for instance gets replaced by lib/libnet11 in the future for instance. You shouldn't really have to do something like this more than once a month though I would think unless you're a heavy ports user, because ports don't get moved / removed frequently (except as of late where there seems to be a bit of a ports revamp going on). So, maybe once every two weeks for now? -Garrett
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