On Sunday 04 April 2004 03:29 pm, Kent Stewart wrote: > > Well, done is done... no way I can "back up", and re-visit questions > > that I've already answered incorrectly. And meanwhile my machine is > > still crunching forward with the last "portupgrade -a" that I did - > > this will likely continue for quite some time as it reports 211 ports > > (and this # keeps growing!) I believe I've lost control of the f**g > > thing... > > > > So - is there a way to go back to "ground zero"?... to just remove > > everything from the ports tree, and re-install from the 5.2 cd? > > I got to thinking about this more. I think you should have taken care of > all of the problems in /usr/ports/UPDATING before you fire off > portupgrade -a. You would have probably still bumped into the openssl > problem but it is a good idea for a start.
Agreed... _if_ I had known to read /usr/ports/UPDATING I might have avoided the chaos I've created. For that matter if I'd known that the K3b port was going to suck down a bazillion dependencies, I would have foregone this whole quagmire :) But I didn't. I've learned a little bit, but I am where I am, and I have no confidence that this thing is going to conclude in a stable situation anytime soon - at least not without a lot more time and effort. So - again, is there any way to cleanly remove and re-install the entire ports tree from the 5.2 cd? Thanks, Jay _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
