libtool note in UPDATING

[Christopher Kelley]

Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 02:06:55PM -0800, Christopher Kelley wrote:
>   
>> Am I reading the entry for libtool in UPDATING correctly?  It seems to 
>> me to basically say "There's no way to tell you how to successfully 
>> update your ports with the new libtool, hope you really understand how 
>> all the ports interact with each other, good night and good luck."
>>
>> Now, I *DO* sort of understand the need for this change from reading the 
>> entry, and I'm not arguing the fact that the change needed to be made. I 
>> just don't know where to go from here because now I'm afraid to update 
>> any of my ports since I'm not sure I would understand the output of the 
>> -n flag enough to figure out how to update my ports.
>>
>> Is there a more straightforward explanation of how to upgrade ports with 
>> the new libtool?
>>     
>
> Basically, portupgrade -a should be OK (but watch out for the perl
> upgrade as well, i.e. read that entry too).  If you run into problems
> let us know; I'd like to refine that entry with a working prescription
> before the release.
>
> Kris
>   
Kris,

I'm sorry, but I'm only a hobbiest, (and working on a master's in 
mechanical engineering to boot) I just don't have the time to chance 
it.  I'll wait for 6.1-RELEASE and do a complete reinstall.  I'm 
familiar enough with that that I can do it fairly quickly.  :)

Christopher