Solved Upgrading/replacing gettext (metaport still exists)

Aknot

Aknot

Dear forum,

We followed the instructions in UPDATING.

pkg delete -f gettext
portmaster devel/gettext

But the metaport stills exists when running portmaster -L:
Code: 
===>>> gettext-0.19.3
===>>> gettext-runtime-0.19.3
===>>> gettext-tools-0.19.3
Is it safe to make deinstall clean the metaport?
 
The metaport really only installs dependency information (a list of all the sub-pieces). By trying to delete the metaport, it will attempt to clean out all those sub-pieces and all the other ports that depend on them; that's probably not what you are wanting to do.
 
It was one port, but was converted into a metaport that depends on two sub-ports. So what you are seeing is correct.
 
Thanks wblock@,

To keep FreeBSD up and running with a bunch of daemons is manageable, but all this ports and dependencies when it comes to upgrading, that really scares me. I'm always afraid to break things.
 
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