/usr/ports/UPDATING - change command

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:42:05 -0500, Ross Gohlke <ross at grinz.com> wrote:

>> 20080630:
>>   AFFECTS: users of graphics/poppler* and future users of firefox3
>>   AUTHOR: FreeBSD GNOME Team <gnome at FreeBSD.org>
>>
>>   The poppler* ports have been updated to 0.8.3 and the shared libraries
>>   have changed.  Firefox 3.0 has been added to the tree as www/firefox3.
>>   These changes require that all dependent ports be updated.  You can do
>>   this in one of two ways:
>>
>>   # portmaster -a
>>
>>   or
>>
>>   # portupgrade -a
> I propose the following change VVVV
>
> These changes require that any port which depends on any poppler* port  
> must be upgraded. For each poppler* port installed:
> <I don't use portmaster>
> or
> # portupgrade -rf <poppler-port-name>
>
> You can see what would happen first with:
> # portupgrade -rfn <poppler-port-name>
>
> ----------------
>
> Unless I'm missing something, portupgrade -a is completely unnecessary  
> and in my case would be dangerous.

The 'port* -a' aren't dangerous if you follow every steps in UPDATING. The  
90% of bug reports that we get because users don't have installed ports up  
to date.

Cheers,
Mezz


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