On Sun, 24 May 2009 02:18:05 +0100 RW <rwmailli...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 23 May 2009 20:22:03 -0400
>Robert Huff <roberth...@rcn.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Marcin Rzepecki writes:
>>
>> > But why won't port do this automatically? Is there a way to force
>> > it before installing updated port version?
>>
>> Revuilding a dependency (here, dovecot) does not always
>> require rebuilding the dependant port. Sometimes, but not always.
>> Also: are you aware of ports-mgmt/portupgrade,
>> ports-mgmt/portmaster, etc.?
>
>This kind of thing should be in UPDATING.
>
>Portmanager will update automatically, at the expense of a lot of
>gratuitous rebuilding.
I use 'portmanager' myself. It fixes a lot of problems that other
'update managers' seem to miss. Update your ports tree and then run:
portmanager mail/dovecot -l -f -y
That should get all of your dependencies corrected.
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