>On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 07:38:00PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >> It seemed like time to update and get the new ftp-proxy. During this I
>> ran
>> >> 'pkg_delete -q /var/db/pkg/*' while updating the sources. The OpenBSD
>> >> build was okay, but ports are not building now. The command might have
>> >> been package-specific; i.e., perhaps I should have used 'port uninstall'
>> >> instead since I have been using 'make install' in ports.
>
>> >Anyways, you are installing packages, not ports, because ports building
>> >process creates packages.
>
>> >> Probably I could begin to use packages now and things would be okay, but
>> >> am trying to learn how to compile things properly. This installation is
>> >> -current on AMD64.
>
>> >> Is there general method to make ports work again in this situation?
>
>> >You can either update your ports tree and build stuff, or use packages
>> >for the version of OpenBSD you are using.
>> >
>>
>> I did update ports and also rebuilt X. Perhaps it is a Firefox problem?
>> This is
>> the error after Firefox had installed gmake and moved to gettext:
>>
>> "Can't install gettext-0.14.5 because of conflicts (gettext-0-10-40p3)"
>
>That's not correct cut-and-paste, you obviously did this from memory.
>
True. The AMD64 computer is not in the same room as the Macintosh.
>> There were no applications previous to this Firefox install, excepting those
>> already
>> in OpenBSD.
>
>No, that's a lie. The real message tells you there still is a gettext, and
>the version is 0.10.40p3 (there are no dashes there).
>
>You need to *update* your gettext, instead of installing the new one.
>
Very well. Thank you.
>> There is not a ports index to update or reindex, or the like? Maybe Firefox
>> is broken
>> for -current and I will need to use Mozilla 1.7.
>
>Not really. firefox works just fine.
>
Thank you. I am making Firefox at the moment.
>If you want to use ports, you will have to start to learn being a bit more
>careful...
>
>You didn't give us anything useful in your first email. From the most recent
>one, it's clear to me that somehow, something went wrong during your
>pkg_delete, since you still have a gettext installed, but you don't mention
>that. Didn't you notice it at the time ?
>
>Please go and figure out what packages you still have on your machine. Clean
>them up, then rebuild, if you must from ports.
>
>Or you can go the easy way and use binary packages.
>
If the computer is physically secure, then I can use Wheel?
# cd /usr
# rm -rf ports
# cat /etc/mk.conf
SUDO=/usr/bin/sudo
USE_SYSTRACE=Yes
WRKOBJDIR=/usr/obj/ports
DISTDIR=/usr/distfiles
PKGREPOSITORYBASE=/usr/packages
# mkdir /usr/obj/ports
# chown darrel /usr/obj/ports
# chgrp wheel /usr/obj/ports
# mkdir /usr/distfiles
# chown darrel /usr/distfiles
# chgrp wheel /usr/distfiles
# mkdir /usr/packages
# chown darrel /usr/packages
# chgrp wheel /usr/packages
# cd /usr
- checkout ports
# cd /usr/ports
- up ports
# find /usr/ports -type d -exec chmod g+w {} \;
% cd /usr/ports/www/mozilla-firefox
% make
Darrel
