At 2003-03-03T00:28:21Z, Kent Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The -rR bothers me because it is making a lot of ports that don't need to > be updated.
It was my understand that if `-rR' would upgrade a port, then that port needs to be upgraded. For a non-FreeBSD perspective, look at Debian: you are extremely discouraged from upgrading a program without upgrading all of its dependencies, and all of their dependencies. > I typically have 2 or 3 lines that need updating and -ruf will force > them. I'm allergic to the word `force'. It's usually a synonym for "Yes, I really want you to break it!". I've never, ever used `-f' except when re-installing the same version of a port (i.e. with different build options), and that may be why I've never had the portupgrade problems that some people have. Take this scenario: x, y, and z are installed. y depends on x and z. After cvsup'ing, new versions of all three are installed. Furthermore, y explicitly depends on the newest version of z to function correctly (real world examples: libpng, gd). Now, if you `portupgrade -rR x', it will: 1. Recompile x 2. Recurse to y 3. Realize that it has to upgrade z 4. Recompile z 5. Recompile y so that y is correctly built with the new versions of x and z. On the other hand, if you `portupgrade -R x', it will: 1. Recompile x 2. Recurse to y 3. Recompile y so that y is incorrectly built against a new version of x, but an old version of z. > The way I understand it, a -rR kdebase will rebuild most of XFree86 and > etc. True, but X doesn't update *that* often. > The AMD 2000+ uses 6-8 hours to rebuild everything but it will rebuild all > of kde-3.1 in 3+. True, but you're also building KDE against old versions of required libraries. Why not launch a `portupgrade -ra' just before you go to bed? Then you can wake up to a shiny, happy new system in the morning. -- Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est.
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