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From: Bob Eager on 3 Dec 2009 11:43 On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:35:58 +0000, Stan Barr wrote: > On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:52:06 -0500, Spam(a)ControlQ.com <Spam(a)ControlQ.com> > wrote: > >> It seems that installed ports/packages must be recompiled/relinked. I >> have 680 installed packages, and each one is being systematically >> recompiled from the ports. This would be OK, were it not for the fact >> that some (not all) ports launch a curses based window manager (text >> based) to ask for configuration options, and the build freezes at that >> point, waiting for input. Its been running for 3 days, with no end in >> sight, and I have to constantly check to see if the port/package build >> requires input. > > Oh dear...I guess I'll have the same problem :-( Not if you set the environment variable BATCH first. Any value will do - even "NO"! -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
From: Michel Talon on 3 Dec 2009 12:44 Stan Barr <plan.b(a)dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:52:06 -0500, Spam(a)ControlQ.com <Spam(a)ControlQ.com> wrote: > > > It seems that installed ports/packages must be recompiled/relinked. I > > have 680 installed packages, and each one is being systematically > > recompiled from the ports. This would be OK, were it not for the fact > > that some (not all) ports launch a curses based window manager (text > > based) to ask for configuration options, and the build freezes at that > > point, waiting for input. Its been running for 3 days, with no end in > > sight, and I have to constantly check to see if the port/package build > > requires input. > > Oh dear...I guess I'll have the same problem :-( > You should install the port "portmaster" and use it. It has an option to do all the configuration at the beginning recursively. For people who want to build from source it is perfect. Of course, if you use prepackaged software the best is to erase everything and install packages, it will take you a couple of hours instead of a week, and the end result will be as good. -- Michel TALON
From: Tim Daneliuk on 3 Dec 2009 13:15 Michel Talon wrote: > Stan Barr <plan.b(a)dsl.pipex.com> wrote: >> On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:52:06 -0500, Spam(a)ControlQ.com <Spam(a)ControlQ.com> wrote: >> >>> It seems that installed ports/packages must be recompiled/relinked. I >>> have 680 installed packages, and each one is being systematically >>> recompiled from the ports. This would be OK, were it not for the fact >>> that some (not all) ports launch a curses based window manager (text >>> based) to ask for configuration options, and the build freezes at that >>> point, waiting for input. Its been running for 3 days, with no end in >>> sight, and I have to constantly check to see if the port/package build >>> requires input. >> Oh dear...I guess I'll have the same problem :-( >> > > You should install the port "portmaster" and use it. It has an option to > do all the configuration at the beginning recursively. For people who > want to build from source it is perfect. Of course, if you use > prepackaged software the best is to erase everything and install > packages, it will take you a couple of hours instead of a week, and the > end result will be as good. > OK, I'm officially confused. I have a production 7.2-Stable server. I build new releases using csup and then recompiling the entire source tree nightly (though I do not always/often install it later). If I change my csup config to get the 8.0 source, recompile, and then install them (which is how I migrated from 6.x to 7.x) am I then going to have to recompile my entire installed base of ports as well? I don't recall having to do this when I did the aforementioned 6.x to 7.x upgrade. Oh, this is i386 in all cases... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra(a)tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/
From: patpro ~ patrick proniewski on 3 Dec 2009 13:38 In article <9qblu6-kj1.ln1(a)ozzie.tundraware.com>, Tim Daneliuk <tundra(a)tundraware.com> wrote: > OK, I'm officially confused. I have a production 7.2-Stable server. > I build new releases using csup and then recompiling the entire source > tree nightly (though I do not always/often install it later). If I > change my csup config to get the 8.0 source, recompile, and then install > them (which is how I migrated from 6.x to 7.x) am I then going to have > to recompile my entire installed base of ports as well? I don't > recall having to do this when I did the aforementioned 6.x to 7.x > upgrade. Oh, this is i386 in all cases... if I remember correctly, I've had to do this between 5.x and 6.x patpro -- A vendre : KVM IP 16 ports APC http://patpro.net/blog/index.php/2008/01/12/133
From: Lowell Gilbert on 3 Dec 2009 13:56
Tim Daneliuk <tundra(a)tundraware.com> writes: > OK, I'm officially confused. I have a production 7.2-Stable server. > I build new releases using csup and then recompiling the entire source > tree nightly (though I do not always/often install it later). If I > change my csup config to get the 8.0 source, recompile, and then install > them (which is how I migrated from 6.x to 7.x) am I then going to have > to recompile my entire installed base of ports as well? I don't > recall having to do this when I did the aforementioned 6.x to 7.x > upgrade. Oh, this is i386 in all cases... You don't need to do it immediately, but you'll need to update everything eventually (probably before you install new ports or update old ones). Otherwise, you'll end up with something linked to libraries from *both* the old and new version, and that won't work at all. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/ |