On 2017-04-01 04:13, Achim Gratz wrote: > Brian Inglis writes: >> @ libproj9 >> version: 4.9.2-1 >> @ libslang2 >> version: 2.3.1a-1 >> @ perl-Carp >> version: 1.38-1 >> >> Are dependencies only auto-updated when the manually picked >> packages that depend on them are? > > No, but the last two packages need manual updating because setup > considers the version on disk newer than the one offered. At least > for perl-Carp there was a version override in place when upstream > changed their numbering scheme.
Done that and uninstalled libproj9 as it is still in requires: for [prev] releases with libproj12 for current releases, except for libgeotiff2 which only shows libproj9 not libproj12. > I think in this case the -f/--force-current option to setup would > pick up the correct version also. > >> Could these packages now be orphans if their original manually >> picked parent packages changed their dependencies? > > Well, probably the easiest way to see if they're orphan packages is > by using the -o/--delete-orphans option to setup and check on the > Pending page which packages it wants to remove. Thanks Achim, I was unsure how safe that would be, but I will do that as long as I know it shows on Pending. Should run on 32 as well as it has been around for 5 years in current setup. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
