portmaster -o newport oldport -- question

[free-and-bsd]

Hi everyone,

Could you please advise: if I use portmaster -o <newport> <oldport>, will all the ports dependent on <oldport> after that be counted as dependent on <newport>? I mean, will I then be able to run portmaster -r <newport> to recompile all these ports dependent on the replaced <oldport> against the <newport>?

 

[wblock@]

Hi everyone,
could you please advise: if I use portmaster -o <newport> <oldport>, will all the ports dependent on <oldport> after that be counted as depnedent on <newport>?

Yes.

I mean, will I then be able to run portmaster -r <newport> to recompile all these ports dependent on the replaced <oldport> against the <newport>?

Probably. Remember that the dependencies portmaster -o changes are only in the package database. If the Makefile for a port specifically looks for a certain version of a dependency, it may reinstall "oldport" anyway.

It may be helpful to list the specific ports in question.

 

[free-and-bsd]

OK, thanks for the answer and I'll keep that in mind.