Force rebuild/reinstall dependent ports

Robert Huff roberthuff at rcn.com
Sun May 24 00:22:06 UTC 2009


Marcin Rzepecki writes:

>  But why won't port do this automatically? Is there a way to force
>  it before installing updated port version?

	Revuilding a dependency (here, dovecot) does not always require
rebuilding the dependant port.  Sometimes, but not always.
	Also: are you aware of ports-mgmt/portupgrade,
ports-mgmt/portmaster, etc.?


					Robert Huff



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