portupgrade query

[Jim Trigg]

On Thu, March 1, 2007 10:02 am, Vizion wrote:
> I have multiple lines of stale dependencies reported from pkgdb -F all of
> which relate to bsdpan-Archive-Tar-1.30 or 1.16 witha report that the
> package is held.
>
> The lines are
> Stale dependency:bsdpan-Archive-Tar-[version] -> [see NOTE below]: ->
> Ignored (the package is held; specify -f to force)
>
> How do I get out of the following loop!!!!!
> :
> I run
> # pkgdb -f
> Then try
> # portupgrade -a
> and get
> Stale dependency ......... manuall run 'pkgdb -F to fix or specify -O to
> force
> I run
> # pkgdb -O

You're misreading the message -- you need to run "pkgdb -F" to fix the
database or run "portupgrade -a -O" to force the portupgrade to ignore the
stale dependencies.

Jim