Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:38:37 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How did upgrading applications happen before portupgrade etc? Message-ID: <20070813123837.5436aeec@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <20070813081446.6nxh47n64ocg8ksk@webmail.leidinger.net> References: <20070811115642.L34115@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> <20070811083357.GA34007@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <20070811145314.A47727@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> <20070811203322.GA78245@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <20070811225858.7eb933ef@gumby.homeunix.com.> <20070812142059.35077b0d@deskjail> <20070812181810.2b17d85f@gumby.homeunix.com.> <20070813081446.6nxh47n64ocg8ksk@webmail.leidinger.net>
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:14:46 +0200 Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> wrote: > Quoting RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> (from Sun, 12 Aug 2007 > 18:18:10 +0100): > > > On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:20:59 +0200 > > Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> wrote: > > > >> Quoting RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> (Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:58:58 > >> +0100): > > Actually having dependencies package version mismatches needn't > > cause any significant problems. > > It does cause problems. You have no +REQUIRED_BY file anymore, so > pkg_delete allows you to remove it without a warning even if it is > still needed. I didn't say it doesn't, I said it needn't. When I have to remove a package manually as part of an upgrade, I use "pkg_delete -f", so it doesn't matter. When I prune ports I use "portmanager -slid" which doesn't rely on +REQUIRED_BY, and provides additional protection against build-dependency deletion which you don't get from pkg_delete.
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