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From: CeDeROM on 2 Jun 2010 08:17 Hello! I am using the 8.0-RELEASE-p2, for a few times I have updated some packages with portupgrade and now my system is in a state where some packages does not run correctly or even does not build from ports, because of the dependency issues (that actually seems to be met!). What is the solution for this? Do I have to reinstall 8.0 from scratch and simply wait for 8.1? What about fresh ports that I want to use and so the dependencies are updated or installed in two versions (ie. linpng that changed ABI is left for old packages and new version is built for new packages). I will be grateful for good hints in this matter :-) Best regards, Tomek
From: Indi on 2 Jun 2010 11:13 On 2010-06-02, CeDeROM <tomek.cedro(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > > I am using the 8.0-RELEASE-p2, for a few times I have updated some > packages with portupgrade and now my system is in a state where some > packages does not run correctly or even does not build from ports, > because of the dependency issues (that actually seems to be met!). > What is the solution for this? Do I have to reinstall 8.0 from scratch > and simply wait for 8.1? What about fresh ports that I want to use and > so the dependencies are updated or installed in two versions (ie. > linpng that changed ABI is left for old packages and new version is > built for new packages). > > I will be grateful for good hints in this matter :-) > > Best regards, > Tomek You should try runing pkdb -fF, update your ports tree and try portupgrade -avf But you might have to deinstall libpng (and possibly libjpg) and everything that depends on it then build it fresh. -- Caveat utilitor, indi
From: Michel Talon on 2 Jun 2010 14:27 Indi <indi(a)satcidananda.16x108.merseine.nu> wrote: > You should try runing pkdb -fF, update your ports tree and try > portupgrade -avf > > But you might have to deinstall libpng (and possibly libjpg) and > everything that depends on it then build it fresh. > Fantastic! I had always beleived that the FreeBSD ports system was foolproof and only idiots like me had problems with it. Another newby coming to grips with reality... -- Michel TALON
From: Indi on 2 Jun 2010 15:18 On 2010-06-02, Michel Talon <talon(a)lpthe.jussieu.fr> wrote: > > Fantastic! I had always beleived that the FreeBSD ports system was > foolproof and only idiots like me had problems with it. > You are mistaken if you had the impression that I ever claimed that the ports system is perfect. As I've said before I find it quite manageable. If taking measures such as I've described doesn't suit your needs/is too hard for you then just use something else. No need to be emotional about it... It seems to me you should be working on PC-BSD, since its goals appear to be more in line with your desires. > Amother newby coming to grips with reality... > You really have trouble with reading comprehension, don't you? -- Caveat utilitor, indi
From: Bob Eager on 2 Jun 2010 15:25
On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:09:59 +0100, Chronos wrote: > portupgrade != the ports system. portupgrade has foibles of its own. Very true. But it's better than it used to be. I just did my first portupgrade since Christmas (after that I was having surgery, and then the ports freeze happened). I did eight machines, some with 600 ports installed. The perl thing caused a few problems, but nothing major; openoffice built fine. I do think that a bit more of a tutorial for portupgrade and its other programs would help. I may try and write something if people think it's useful. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1976)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org |