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Date:      Wed, 24 May 2006 20:47:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jim Angstadt <jimajima9@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Portmanager Output Resolution
Message-ID:  <20060525034701.8799.qmail@web50005.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <44751D88.7010201@aaronholmes.net>

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--- Aaron Holmes <aaron@aaronholmes.net> wrote:

> Jim Angstadt wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Having run "portmanager -u" several times now, I
> am
> > very pleased to say that my times have decreased
> from
> > an initial 38 hours to about 2 hours, per run.
> >
> > Along the way, I have cleaned up "conflicts" and
> did
> > "pkg_delete" on several applications that were
> > "included in base" or that really were not needed.
> >
> > Now I'm faced with situations where I don't have a
> > clue.  Below is partial output from "portmanager
> -s". 
> > I have manipulated each line to avoid line
> wrapping
> > problems, I hope.
> >
> > 00129 have:cdrtools-2.01_4
> > 	/sysutils/cdrtools
> > 	OLD available: cdrtools-2.01_5
> > 00131 have:libcdio-0.76_1
> > 	/sysutils/libcdio
> > 	OLD available: libcdio-0.77
> > 00141 have:dvd+rw-tools-6.1
> > 	/sysutils/dvd+rw-tools
> > 	built with OLD dependency: cdrtools-2.01_5
> > 00186 have:nautilus-cd-burner-2.14.1
> > 	/sysutils/nautilus-cd-burner
> > 	built with OLD dependency: cdrtools-2.01_5
> > 00250 have:sound-juicer-2.14.3
> > 	/audio/sound-juicer
> > 	OLD available: sound-juicer-2.14.3_1
> > 00255 have:gnome2-2.14.1
> > 	/x11/gnome2
> > 	built with OLD dependency: sound-juicer-2.14.3_1
> >
> > In the case of cdrtools or libcdio or
> sound-juicer, 
> > I think this is telling me that I have an older 
> > version installed and a newer version is
> available.
> >
> > What should I do in this situation?
> >
> > In the case of dvd+rw-tools or nautilus-cd-burner
> or
> > gnome2, apparently I have a solid-gold chance to
> mess
> > up dependencies.
> >
> > What should I do here?
> >
> > Please note that I am new to FreeBSD and have a
> very 
> > limited exposure to using "make" to build
> packages.
> > Any links to dealing with portmanager output 
> > would be appreciated.
> >
> > Jim

[...]

> Is it absolutely necessary for you to update these
> dependencies?
> If it is, you can try portupgrade <port> but that my
> very well break 
> everything :p

So far, the few apps that I have used appear to work
as expected, but I have not tested many that I hope to
use.

I was under the impression that it is desirable and
reasonable to resolve portmanager output.  Is this a
mistaken idea?

Thanks,
Jim




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