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Old 19th July 2008
jb_daefo jb_daefo is offline
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when running pkgdb -F: I usually encounter stale dependencies when I
cannot reinstall a dependency a port needs because it conflicts with some
other port (so usually the port itself cannot be bumped to a newer version;
however it remains usually usable as is). The stock answer in that case is:
...............
such-and-such is the stale dep? NO
install the actual stale dep? NO
new actual dependency ? [no answer]=enter key
skip this[y]? y
....................
which usually solves the problem for the time being.
for the last question above, an a rather than a y skips all remaing
questions about that stale dependency (the other ports which
may depend on it)
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