Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:58:04 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Huub van Niekerk <huubvanniekerk@gmail.com> Cc: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: update packages by pkg_add Message-ID: <20111029195804.f876fcff.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAGyFPjJui6POBSu=gX-SBBy7ksMAH3eu9NRqPuiSnH5RVjUbJg@mail.gmail.com> References: <j8grps$3m3$1@dough.gmane.org> <201110291401.08722.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> <CAGyFPjJui6POBSu=gX-SBBy7ksMAH3eu9NRqPuiSnH5RVjUbJg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:53:28 +0200, Huub van Niekerk wrote: > Thank you for your answer. But how about if the package-to-be-replaced is a > dependency? Just remember the dependency and do the same ? As you're going to reinstall the package immediately, there won't be a problem. Of course, a depending program won't properly run until you've actually replaced the package in question. For keeping track of dependencies, you can also use portmaster or portupgrade and use -P and -PP options to work with packages (like pkg_add does) instead of compiling from sources. The "pkgdb -aF" command will properly store dependency informations. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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