Hi, I was reading "Modifying Package Metadata" section of this section of FreeBSD Handbook.
It is not perfectly clear to me why it is necessary to reinstall packages that are dependent on some package with modified origin.
I mean: I can understand same situation with ports, because they clearly need to be re-compiled.
According to my understanding,
So, as in the example, this command:
What am I missing?
Thank you
It is not perfectly clear to me why it is necessary to reinstall packages that are dependent on some package with modified origin.
I mean: I can understand same situation with ports, because they clearly need to be re-compiled.
According to my understanding,
pkg
only deals with binary (static) software.So, as in the example, this command:
# pkg install -Rf graphics/freeglut
will reinstall the same version of dependent packages.. which are the same as before, because they are static.What am I missing?
Thank you