On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 15:13 -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: > today, when i was auditing what needs to be updated, i came upon this: > > autoconf-2.13.000227_5 < needs updating (port has > 2.13.000227_6) > autoconf-2.53_3 < needs updating (port has 2.53_4) > autoconf-2.59_2 < needs updating (port has 2.59_3) > automake-1.4.6_3 < needs updating (port has 1.4.6_4) > automake-1.5_3,1 < needs updating (port has 1.5_4,1) > automake-1.9.6_1 < needs updating (port has 1.9.6_2) > > how did i manage to get so many of these 3 things installed? can i assume > its > safe to remove all but the highest version? > > thanks,
They're build depends for some of the various ports you have installed since many ports require different auto* versions to build. You can just leave them installed since more than likely they will eventually come back. Upgrading them takes trivial amounts of time. tom -- | tmclaugh at sdf.lonestar.org tmclaugh at FreeBSD.org | | FreeBSD http://www.FreeBSD.org | _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"