Portmanager Output Resolution

[Aaron Holmes]

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
>
>
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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