On Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 09:20:08PM -0400, Nic Reveles wrote: > I've recently updated to freeBSD 6.3-STABLE from 5.3-RELEASE (amd64) and am > struggling with out of date ports. I have tried updating 'ports-all' and > 'src-all' numerous times (does src-all include ports-all? It takes forever) > along with portupgrade.
src-all does not include ports-all. "It takes forever" is wonderfully vague. :-) Chances are the cvsup server you're using is slow (usually caused by heavy disk I/O, not so much network I/O); pick another. Try them all, find one which is fast. I'd recommend a couple I commonly use, but then everyone will start using them....... :-) > For example, when trying to login to an account using the bash shell I got > the following error that prevents logging in. > ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libintl.so.6" not found This indicates bash is linked to a library that doesn't exist on your machine. On my RELENG_6 machine, there is no libintl.so.6 -- there's a libintl.so.8 (significantly newer). > So I tried: portupgrade -r bash, which did not fix anything. I was able to > fix it by going into the ports directory and 'make deinstall' then 'make > install'. But there are many other ports that are still broken. Is there an > easy way to fix them all at once (using portupgrade)? The method I use for upgrading our systems is often shunned by other administrators because "it requires too much work", but it *always* works without any hitches. 1) Back up /usr/local. rsync -av /usr/local/ /usr/local.old/ works. 2) Save output from pkg_info somewhere (e.g. in a Notepad window, etc.) 3) pkg_delete -a -f 4) rm -fr /usr/local 5) rm -fr /var/db/pkg/* 6) rm -fr /var/db/ports (this probably isn't necessary, but why not) 7) Start installing all of your ports again If you have X on your machine, this method will very likely not make you happy, as I've heard people with X often have 300+ ports installed. I can't help you with X, as I don't use it. > 2) I rebuilt 'INDEX' > # cd /usr/ports && make index Waste of time. cd /usr/ports && make fetchindex > So I feel confident that I'm doing something incorrect since nothing seems to > work after updating (or fails while updating). Could someone point me in the > right direction? I'd start by ceasing use of portupgrade. Try Doug Barton's portmaster, which is in ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster. It's an extensive shell script, and does not require ruby. It might actually upgrade all of your ports for you, although your system may be in a state of disarray as a result of upgrading major OS versions. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
