On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 09:17:32AM +1000, Timothy Smith wrote: > Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > > >Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > >>On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 08:36:58AM +1000, Timothy Smith wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>yes sorry i jumped in without reading the man page for it's useage. > >>>however some digging and a few other helpful emails and TA DA!!! it > >>>works!!! > >>>i portupgraded freetype2, and then firefox built successfully. > >>>i was under the impression that portupgrade looked after > >>>dependencies like this on it's own however? > >>> > >> > >> > >>If you tell it to..again, please see the manpage :) > >> > >>Kris > >> > >> > >Specifically: > > > > -R > > --upward-recursive Act on all those packages required by the > >given > > packages as well. (When specified with -F, > >fetch > > recursively, including the brand new, > >uninstalled > > ports that an upgraded port requires) > > > >The man page is your friend. > > > >--Alex > > > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > don't i need to be wary of -R ?? wholesale upgrading of library's might > break other apps that use them
It's *always* a good idea to update your ports with your brain turned on :-) portupgrade -a is often safer, because it won't update a port but leave other dependencies of that port than the one you specified untouched. Kris
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