Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brett Glass wrote: > > I'm unfamiliar with "pkgdb". What does it do? > > When you change a huge number of dependencies by deleting gnome and/or > X11, it's a good idea to upgrade the pakacge database: > > The pkgdb command is a tool to create or update the system package data- > base which is used by the portupgrade(1) tool suite. It maintains a > hash > that maps an installed file to a package name, a hash that maps a > package > to an origin, and a list of installed packages. > [ ... ] > The pkgdb command also works as an interactive tool for fixing the pack- > age registry database when -F is specified. It helps you resolve stale > dependencies, unlink cyclic dependencies, complete stale or missing ori- > gins and remove duplicates. You should run this command periodically so > portupgrade(1) and other pkg_* tools can work effectively and reliably. > > You might find that portupgrade wants to pull in X11 again for some > port that was left over; you will then need to either delete such > ports, or recompile them without X11, or find an alternate, etc > depending on the specifics.
That isn't supposed to happen. If another port has X11 listed as a dependency, "make deinstall" would have said so and refused to remove it.. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
