Even if the old ports that are dependencies of the old port still exist, the upgraded port with the new dependencies downloads and builds the new dependencies before it upgrades itself. Even if this process accumulates useless or redundant ports over time, it should not affect the build of the newer ports, right?
On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Brandon Allbery <allber...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Carlo Tambuatco <oraclmas...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> When you upgrade a port, everything it depends on gets updated first, >> right? What doesn't get upgraded should not affect what does get upgraded >> during the configure/build/install/activate phase, right? So how is using >> -u different from uninstalling everything and reinstalling everything again? >> > > When the new version of a port has different dependencies from the old > version. > > -- > brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine > associates > allber...@gmail.com > ballb...@sinenomine.net > unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad > http://sinenomine.net >
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