can't build firefox 1.0.4 on 4.10

Timothy Smith timothy at open-networks.net
Thu May 19 16:17:35 PDT 2005


Alex Zbyslaw wrote:

> Kris Kennaway wrote:
>
>> On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 08:36:58AM +1000, Timothy Smith wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> yes sorry i jumped in without reading the man page for it's useage.
>>> however some digging and a few other helpful emails and TA DA!!! it 
>>> works!!!
>>> i portupgraded freetype2, and then firefox built successfully.
>>> i was under the impression that portupgrade looked after 
>>> dependencies like this on it's own however?
>>>   
>>
>>
>> If you tell it to..again, please see the manpage :)
>>
>> Kris
>>  
>>
> Specifically:
>
>     -R
>     --upward-recursive     Act on all those packages required by the 
> given
>                            packages as well. (When specified with -F, 
> fetch
>                            recursively, including the brand new, 
> uninstalled
>                            ports that an upgraded port requires)
>
> The man page is your friend.
>
> --Alex
>
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don't i need to be wary of -R ?? wholesale upgrading of library's might 
break other apps that use them


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