Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 13:39:11 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portupgrade Stale dependency: "specify -O to force" Message-ID: <20040725123911.GC14398@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <410334FA.7020604@daleco.biz> References: <410332CF.5020900@yahoo.com> <410334FA.7020604@daleco.biz>
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--TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 11:20:10PM -0500, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wro= te: > Rob wrote: > >When I use commands from the portupgrade port, I get this message: > > > > Stale dependency: kde-3.2.3 --> autoconf-2.57_1 -- manually run > > 'pkgdb -F' to fix, or specify -O to force. > > > >I wanted to use the '-O' option, but that does not seem to exist. > >I've tried 'pkgdb -O' or 'pkgdb -FO' > > > >Is this '-O' suggestion mistake in the portupgrade port? > > > >How can I use the force option? > Hmm, pretty sure that should be a little "o". At least that's > what the help screen and the manpage seem to indicate... >=20 > <kadmin@archangel> [/usr/ports]=20 > [23:16] = =20 > % pkgdb --help > pkgdb rev.1.69 >=20 > usage: pkgdb [-hafFQQquv] [-c pkgname] [-o pkgname] [-s=20 > /old_pkgname/new_pkgname/] [file ...] >=20 > -h, --help Show this message The message is a mite confusing. It means you should either run: # pkgdb -F to fix up the dependency records within /var/db/pkg before you run portupgrade(1), or that you should run: # portupgrade -O ... to tell portupgrade to omit the dependency checks as it does its work. The former is considerably preferable to the latter. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBA6nviD657aJF7eIRAjv5AJ9pjhRv/EvzLlrmliZFFvcArVXSugCfdFh+ 2/PTpRFlCNMP37+JoN1hk7c= =5HiX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy--
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