Stale Dependancy

[Chris Maness]

On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Bob Perry wrote:

> Chris Maness wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Bob Perry wrote:
>> 
>>> Chris Maness wrote:
>>>> This might be Newbie question:
>>>> 
>>>> What is the cleanest way to resolve stale dependency with gamin-0.1.5_3. 
>>>> I think I remember seeing a message that it merged into fam.  I did a 
>>>> portupgrade -a, and it's still there.  I was surprised this was not self 
>>>> cleansing because I used CVSUP to sync my port tree.
>>> 
>>> Hi Chris,
>>> I ran into a stale dependency situation where I thought gamin-0.1.5_3 was 
>>> replacing fam.   I posted the issue and received the following command 
>>> which replaced fam:
>>> 
>>> "You can only have one (fam or gamin) installed.  The following command 
>>> will replace fam with gamin:
>>>> >
>>>> > portupgrade -o devel/gamin -f fam"
>>> 
>>> I posted my message around 1/31.  You may want to review archives and 
>>> determine if this may apply to your situation.
>>> 
>>> Bob Perry
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> That fixed the stale dependency problem, but didn't fam merge into gamin. 
>> Isn't that what caused the issue in the first place?
>> 
>> 
> Not sure Chris.  However, I did not see fam, or gamin mentioned in 
> /usr/ports/UDATING.
>
> Bob
>

Thanks, maybe I had it mistaken for another port that merged.

Chris Maness