portupgrade question

[RW]

On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:00:28 +1200
Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 02:50:17PM +0200, dan wrote:
> > THat's the point !
> > 
> > isnt that -R implied by -N ?
> > 
> > From the portupgrade  man page 
> > 
> > 
> > [...]
> > -N
> > --new
> >  	Install a new port/package when a specified package is not
> > installed. Prior to the installation a new port/package, all the
> > required packages are upgraded.
> 
> No. Since the dependant package *is* installed. It's just not up
> to date.

I don't understand what you're are saying here. My reading of the
manpage is the same as Dan's: when you install kdeadmin with
portupgrade -N, everything that kdeadmin requires will be upgraded i.e.
"brought up to date".