Force rebuild/reinstall dependent ports

[Jerry]

On Sun, 24 May 2009 02:18:05 +0100
RW <rwmaillists at googlemail.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 23 May 2009 20:22:03 -0400
>Robert Huff <roberthuff at rcn.com> wrote:
>
>> 
>> 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.?
>
>This kind of thing should be in UPDATING.
>
>Portmanager will update automatically, at the expense of a lot of
>gratuitous rebuilding.

I use 'portmanager' myself. It fixes a lot of problems that other
'update managers' seem to miss. Update your ports tree and then run:

	portmanager mail/dovecot -l -f -y

That should get all of your dependencies corrected.


-- 
Jerry
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