On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:39:32 +0000, Jonathon McKitrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 05:08:44PM +0100, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > : Hmm, I am afraid your question is a bit general ... > > I've tried the '-R' option before, and ended up with portupgrade telling me > I had stale dependencies, and I never can get those fixed right. Maybe I > should just stop using that option. > > : Anyway: > : /usr/ports/UPDATING will inform you about problematic or > : necessary upgrades. > : I guess reading this before portupgrade will usually keep you out > : of trouble.
from 'man portupgrade(1)': -r --recursive Act on all those packages depending on the given packages as well. -R --upward-recursive Act on all those packages required by the given packages as well. [snip] It sounds like you are / were not sure of what those options actually do. Have a read of the manpage; it'll do you worlds of good. -- Joshua Lokken Open Source Advocate _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"