Re: When to use 'portupgrade -R'

From: Joshua Lokken (joshua.lokken_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/10/04

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    Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:04:26 -0600
To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>

    On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:37:40 +0000, Jonathon McKitrick
    <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org> wrote:
    > On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 01:32:33PM -0600, Joshua Lokken wrote:
    > : from 'man portupgrade(1)':
    >
    >
    > :
    > : -r
    > : --recursive Act on all those packages depending on the
    > : given packages as well.
    > :
    > : -R
    > : --upward-recursive Act on all those packages required
    > : by the given packages as well. [snip]
    > :
    > : It sounds like you are / were not sure of what those options
    > : actually do. Have a read of the manpage; it'll do you worlds
    > : of good.
    >
    > Actually, it WAS what I was trying to do. I wanted to >upgrade gnome2-lite
    > and all the packages it required, because gnome2-lite is >a meta-port.

    If you're trying to upgrade a large bunch of ports like gnome,
    you may want to start by running portupgrade on the
    required libraries. For example, although I usually install
    XFree86-4 via the meta-port, when I want to upgrade it, I
    generally run 'portupgrade -r XFree86-4-libraries', which first
    upgrades the libs, then all the ports (including the rest of
    the XFree86 stuff) that require XFree86-4-libraries. YMMV. 

    -- 
Joshua Lokken
Open Source Advocate
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