On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 08:15:33PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > > ---> Checking the package registry database > > > Stale dependency: Xaw3d-1.5E_1 -> xf86dgaproto-2.0.2 (x11/xf86dgaproto): > > > Install stale dependency? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] n > > ^ > > > New dependency? (? to help): > > > Delete this? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] > > ^^^^ > > Whee, you've deleted metadata that was required for correctness of > > future upgrades. > > Just out of curiosity, what should he have done? Yes, the data was > required for the correctness of future upgrades, but the data was > broken in ways that the automated tools couldn't deal with. Installing > the stale dependency would lead to incorrectly trying to install the > new x.org 7 ports. There's no right-looking new dependency to use, or > pkgdb would have suggested it. Leaving the dependency in place > wouldn't solve the problem that pkgdb was run to fix in the first > place. So what's the right alternative?
I guess deleting it is probably the least bad alternative, followed by upgrading to xorg 7.2, followed by a pkgdb -L to repair the damage. Kris _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
