On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:37:40 +0000, Jonathon McKitrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
