At 10:56 AM 12/12/2004, Paul Mather wrote: >On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:54:18 -0700, Brett Glass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >> Again, I really find it hard to believe that there would be no >> provision >> for deleting a port AND the ports on which it depends cleanly. I tend >> to use a minimal number of ports and packages, and so didn't realize >> that this was such a difficult thing until now. > >The problem with deleting a port and the ports on which it depends >cleanly is that there may be other ports depending on a dependency. So, >there needs to be some arbitration to decide what legitimately should go >and which should stay.
What's needed is a way of doing "garbage collection" -- reference counts plus a way of resolving circular dependencies (which reference counts can't handle). --Brett _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
