Problem updating Freebsd ver 6.2

Gerard Seibert gerard at seibercom.net
Fri May 11 10:09:59 UTC 2007


On Fri, 11 May 2007 01:45:47 -0500
WizLayer <wizlayer at gmail.com> wrote:

> I could be wrong as I haven't used portmanager in a while (and that
> was only a short time)...  I believe that by default, portmanager
> doesn't update dependencies more than a depth of 1 (maybe two?)
> unless you use the -p flag. Then it updates dependencies all the way
> back?  A quick 'man portmanager' should verify this as I don't have
> it installed anymore.

Yes, update your ports tree and then run:

	portmanager -u -l -p

You can substitute the 'f' flag for the 'p' one if you want to redo the
system.


-- 
Gerard

Fortune favors the lucky.
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