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Date:      Thu, 2 Mar 2006 12:41:57 +0300
From:      "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@gmail.com>
To:        Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: question on leaf ports
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On 3/2/06, Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Hi gang.  Does a leaf port have no build dependants or
> no run dependants?  I want to be assured that I can
> remove a leaf port but not have to put it back in
> order to upgrade another port.  Utilities such as
> portmaster show leaf ports and I'm not sure what it's
> really telling me.

I think the traditional sense of a leaf means no run
dependants, as this seems to be the only kind of
dependency registered in pkgdb. Consult the docs
of your particular port management app.



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