Portmanager Output Resolution

[Aaron Holmes]

Jim Angstadt wrote:
> --- Aaron Holmes <aaron at aaronholmes.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> Jim Angstadt wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Having run "portmanager -u" several times now, I
>>>       
>> am
>>     
>>> very pleased to say that my times have decreased
>>>       
>> from
>>     
>>> an initial 38 hours to about 2 hours, per run.
>>>
>>> Along the way, I have cleaned up "conflicts" and
>>>       
>> did
>>     
>>> "pkg_delete" on several applications that were
>>> "included in base" or that really were not needed.
>>>
>>> Now I'm faced with situations where I don't have a
>>> clue.  Below is partial output from "portmanager
>>>       
>> -s". 
>>     
>>> I have manipulated each line to avoid line
>>>       
>> wrapping
>>     
>>> problems, I hope.
>>>
>>> 00129 have:cdrtools-2.01_4
>>> 	/sysutils/cdrtools
>>> 	OLD available: cdrtools-2.01_5
>>> 00131 have:libcdio-0.76_1
>>> 	/sysutils/libcdio
>>> 	OLD available: libcdio-0.77
>>> 00141 have:dvd+rw-tools-6.1
>>> 	/sysutils/dvd+rw-tools
>>> 	built with OLD dependency: cdrtools-2.01_5
>>> 00186 have:nautilus-cd-burner-2.14.1
>>> 	/sysutils/nautilus-cd-burner
>>> 	built with OLD dependency: cdrtools-2.01_5
>>> 00250 have:sound-juicer-2.14.3
>>> 	/audio/sound-juicer
>>> 	OLD available: sound-juicer-2.14.3_1
>>> 00255 have:gnome2-2.14.1
>>> 	/x11/gnome2
>>> 	built with OLD dependency: sound-juicer-2.14.3_1
>>>
>>> In the case of cdrtools or libcdio or
>>>       
>> sound-juicer, 
>>     
>>> I think this is telling me that I have an older 
>>> version installed and a newer version is
>>>       
>> available.
>>     
>>> What should I do in this situation?
>>>
>>> In the case of dvd+rw-tools or nautilus-cd-burner
>>>       
>> or
>>     
>>> gnome2, apparently I have a solid-gold chance to
>>>       
>> mess
>>     
>>> up dependencies.
>>>
>>> What should I do here?
>>>
>>> Please note that I am new to FreeBSD and have a
>>>       
>> very 
>>     
>>> limited exposure to using "make" to build
>>>       
>> packages.
>>     
>>> Any links to dealing with portmanager output 
>>> would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>       
>
> [...]
>
>   
>> Is it absolutely necessary for you to update these
>> dependencies?
>> If it is, you can try portupgrade <port> but that my
>> very well break 
>> everything :p
>>     
>
> So far, the few apps that I have used appear to work
> as expected, but I have not tested many that I hope to
> use.
>
> I was under the impression that it is desirable and
> reasonable to resolve portmanager output.  Is this a
> mistaken idea?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
>
>
>
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>   
I guess it would depend on who you ask. I, personally tend to live by 
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" at least if it's a production box.
I don't use any sort of GUI of my FreeBSD systems, so I will leave this 
to someone else to answer. sorry.

Aaron