Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:23:55 -0500 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: Armin Arh <armin@pubbox.net> Cc: Scott Bennett <bennett@cs.niu.edu>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is it safe to upgrade ruby18? Message-ID: <20061224072355.GA97940@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20061224031147.GF756@pubbox.net> References: <200612240221.kBO2LM12024747@mp.cs.niu.edu> <20061224031147.GF756@pubbox.net>
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in message <20061224031147.GF756@pubbox.net>, wrote Armin Arh thusly... > > On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 08:21:22PM -0600, Scott Bennett wrote: > > The portmanager program wants to upgrade ruby18. Is is safe to > > let it? I made the mistake of trying to do a "portupgrade ruby18" under > good question. > As ruby is crucial to the portmanager special care should be taken. Ruby is CRUCIAL for things portupgrade but not portmanager. For the latter a C compiler, make, etc. is needed, which FreeBSD already provides. portmanager OPTIONALLY needs ruby to convert pkgtools.conf (portupgrade) to its configuration format (by way of running pkgtools-to-portmanager.rb). > Good luck there are almost no dependencies for ruby itself: Indeed, unlike python or the pig that is gnome. - Parv --
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