Re: Still No X (Re: Catastrophe Re: Proliferating LLVMs)

On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:57:10 +0000, John D Groenveld wrote:

In article <usvik9$1pnnp$1@dont-email.me>,
Steven G. Kargl <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:

If one is rebuilding everything from ports, then one is
not dealing with the nightmare of dependencies from pre-built
packages (which may be out-of-sync given the dependency tree
and how the ports tree is managed) or from stale things in
a search path.  There is also the possibility to tailor the

 
pkg(8) can clean up outdated dependencies.
# pkg autoremove
 

Yep. It works until it doesn't.  The dependency
tree for some ports can be rather involved and
pkg seems to lose track of the entire tree or
the dependencies are never recorded.  Things may
have improved.  I used 'pkg autoremove' once, and
it led to a few broken ports because of missing
shared libraries.

If one is dealing with an unstable system as OP
as indicated.  Started with a completely bare
/usr/local may be prudent.

--
steve