On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Matthias Andree <matthias.and...@gmx.de> wrote: > Am 26.08.2012 07:40, schrieb Jim Pazarena: >> My question is a general one, with the following specific example. >> >> I wanted to re-compile the latest phpmyadmin >> but when I tried that, I get a "you must have the latest php5" (5.4.6) >> >> when I try php5 >> I get a dependency of devel/pkgconf >> >> when I compile pkgconf, it conflicts with devel/pkg-config >> >> Upon investigation it looks like pkg-config is replaced with pkgconf >> however attempting to remove it show dozens of dependencies preventing >> the removal. >> >> I find this series of challenges frequently as installs move along >> in age, and usually wind up re-loading the entire server to beat the >> challenge. >> >> There must be an easier way. Advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Beyond what Matthew stated, use an upgrade tool, and do not do upgrades > manually. I found that (a) using portmaster, while at the same time (b) > watching /usr/ports/UPGRADING has given me smooth upgrades. > > portmaster sorts out the "if a requisite port was upgraded, rebuild it > first" and the dependency management hassles. > > There are other tools that I have less experience with. I stopped using > portupgrade a while ago, but now that it has got a new active > maintainer, chances are that a new attempt is worthwhile.
And, as I mention rather often, pkg-libchk from sysutils/bsdadminscripts can save you from rebuilding a LOT of ports. pkg_libchk -o | grep LIBNAME | cut -d: -f1 | sort | uniq > dep-ports (where LIBNAM is the sharable (.so) installed by the port in question) portmaster -D `cat dep-ports` -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
