Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 16:44:48 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Timothy Smith <timothy@open-networks.net> Cc: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> Subject: Re: can't build firefox 1.0.4 on 4.10 Message-ID: <20050519234448.GA97995@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <428D1E8C.5040500@open-networks.net> References: <428C57E6.7040300@open-networks.net> <428C8EA1.7080108@dial.pipex.com> <428D0637.7020908@open-networks.net> <20050519213914.GC14222@xor.obsecurity.org> <428D0A74.9000302@open-networks.net> <20050519223151.GA49708@xor.obsecurity.org> <428D150A.8070203@open-networks.net> <20050519224433.GA51779@xor.obsecurity.org> <428D18BF.3060706@dial.pipex.com> <428D1E8C.5040500@open-networks.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 09:17:32AM +1000, Timothy Smith wrote: > Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > > >Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > >>On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 08:36:58AM +1000, Timothy Smith wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>yes sorry i jumped in without reading the man page for it's useage. > >>>however some digging and a few other helpful emails and TA DA!!! it > >>>works!!! > >>>i portupgraded freetype2, and then firefox built successfully. > >>>i was under the impression that portupgrade looked after > >>>dependencies like this on it's own however? > >>> > >> > >> > >>If you tell it to..again, please see the manpage :) > >> > >>Kris > >> > >> > >Specifically: > > > > -R > > --upward-recursive Act on all those packages required by the > >given > > packages as well. (When specified with -F, > >fetch > > recursively, including the brand new, > >uninstalled > > ports that an upgraded port requires) > > > >The man page is your friend. > > > >--Alex > > > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > don't i need to be wary of -R ?? wholesale upgrading of library's might > break other apps that use them It's *always* a good idea to update your ports with your brain turned on :-) portupgrade -a is often safer, because it won't update a port but leave other dependencies of that port than the one you specified untouched. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCjSTwWry0BWjoQKURAg7dAKCCzXZy+YrgRct5uzosZF6Rqz/SXACfVfgy u6EWetOfN/vwRWCBcWnEZso= =Wmz5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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