> -----Original Message----- > From: Lowell Gilbert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Posted At: Monday, May 21, 2007 11:13 PM > Posted To: FreeBSD-Ports > Conversation: Xorg upgrade & portmaster > Subject: Re: Xorg upgrade & portmaster
> "FreeBSD-Ports" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > For what it is worth .. Have doen an update of xorg-libraries port > > with portmaster ... > > > > Have a system (6.2-release) with xorg-libraries port (because of Lire > > port) and run into the following message after trying to update it > > with > portmaster: > > > > ===>>> Dependency check complete for x11/xorg-libraries > > > > ===> Cleaning for xorg-libraries-7.2 > > Read /usr/ports/UPDATING for the procedure to upgrade to xorg 7.2. > > *** Error code 1 > > > > Stop in /usr/ports/x11/xorg-libraries. > > > > ===>>> make failed for x11/xorg-libraries ===>>> Aborting update > > > > After reading /usr/ports/UPDATING I thought well just try what it > > says, so I issued the command setenv XORG_UPGRADE yes as root and then > > did a portmaster xorg-libraries. This update went fine. > That's *not* "just what it says." It says that the directions are for portupgrade only, and for other tools you > need to get an upgrade path from the author of the tool. Furthermore, in the message to which you are following > up, the author of portmanager said that his advice was not to use portmanager for this upgrade yet, and if you > > wanted to use it anyway, to start by removing all your ports and building them over. > > After that I issued > > the command sh /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/mergebase.sh as the UPDATING > > file says but it didn't make any sense to me. > What, exactly, didn't make any sense to you? Your description does not allow me to guess what the actual > > > symptoms were. > The main purpose of running that script is to replace /usr/X11R6 with a symlink. If you are still getting the > above error on attempting to build x11/xorg-libraries, then this did not happen. It is not clear to me from your > description whether this is the case or not. > > If you need any more detailed information on this please feel free to > > ask. I have another system for which I have to this also, but it's a > > 6.1 system. > The best step is probably to go back and read Doug Barton's message again. There was a lot of information in > there that may help you figure out a way forward. > The information that people will need to help you more directly is the specific details of "I do this, then the > system does that." However, since there isn't yet any recommended upgrade method using portmaster, and its > author says he is actively working on it to teach it to handle this situation, waiting for him is my advice to > most portmaster users. > You have probably confused your ports database extensively, and to get back to a fully working system may >require uninstalling a lot of ports and building them back up. > Good luck. The only message I wanted to give/bring was that I was able to upgrade the xorg-libraries port with with portmanager and I described how I did it. Cheers, Lars. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"