On Sat, 14 May 2011 15:05:50 -0500 Amit Kulkarni wrote: > > Delete all packages, reinstall them. This happens when firefox and > > gtk are built on separate days. The pkg system does a good job > > tracking version numbers, but the contents of a pkg can depend in > > subtle ways on what else is installed and that's not reflected in the > > version number. > > Contents? They are the same packing lists, right? > > Are you actually talking of subtle .so dependencies and updates being > performed separately in inter-dependent packages? >
I'm guessing he's talking about packages built from ports which can morph to your port building system and already installed dependencies.