Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-09-06 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Gerard Seibert wrote: Chris Whitehouse wrote: Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: So now i can find out what version each port is, but that doesnt help me know whether these are outdated, or to update them. For that im still stuck on the Ruby core dump problem. I did reinstall portupgrade, ruby18,

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-09-05 Thread Gerard Seibert
Chris Whitehouse wrote: > Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > > So now i can find out what version each port is, but that doesnt > > help me know whether these are outdated, or to update them. > > For that im still stuck on the Ruby core dump problem. I did > > reinstall portupgrade, ruby18, and th

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-09-05 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: So now i can find out what version each port is, but that doesnt help me know whether these are outdated, or to update them. For that im still stuck on the Ruby core dump problem. I did reinstall portupgrade, ruby18, and the ruby-bdb thing, but sadly i still get th

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-09-04 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 08:57:51PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > > Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 02:00:20PM > -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > >Kris >Check the manpage, probably I meant pkgdb -fu > > > > Sorry, i dont understand what im check

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-09-04 Thread Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum
Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 02:00:20PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: >Kris >Check the manpage, probably I meant pkgdb -fu > > Sorry, i dont understand what im checking hte manpage to > have it do. Running pkgdb -fu does rebuild the package > database

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-09-04 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 02:00:20PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 04:52:08AM > -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > > > For example if i try to run "portversion" i get: > > > > > > undefined method `each' for nil:Nil

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-09-04 Thread Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum
Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 04:52:08AM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > For example if i try to run "portversion" i get: > > > > undefined method `each' for nil:NilClass > > /usr/local/sbin/portversion:239: [BUG] Bus Error > > > > from Ruby (ruby

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-09-04 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 04:52:08AM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 06:31:18PM > -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 05:58:36PM -0700, Dr. > > Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > > Kri

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-09-04 Thread Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum
Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 06:31:18PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 05:58:36PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer > Nussbaum wrote: > > Kris Kennaway wrote: On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 01:59:14PM -0700, Dr. > > Jennifer Nu

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-09-03 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 06:31:18PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 05:58:36PM > -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > Kris Kennaway wrote: On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 01:59:14PM -0700, Dr. > > Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > > >>

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-09-03 Thread Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum
Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 05:58:36PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 01:59:14PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer > Nussbaum wrote: > >> Thanks, i CAN compile from the ports collection (i never wanted to use >> package

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-09-03 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 05:58:36PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 01:59:14PM > -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > >> I wish i could, but i dont have physical access to the machine - its > >> in a remote location with no

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-09-03 Thread Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum
Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 01:59:14PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: >> I wish i could, but i dont have physical access to the machine - its >> in a remote location with no serial console. So if anything gets >> messed up during an upgrade, im in a hell

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-08-30 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 01:59:14PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > I wish i could, but i dont have physical access to the machine - its > in a remote location with no serial console. So if anything gets > messed up during an upgrade, im in a hell of a lot of trouble. > > I dont know when i

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-08-29 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On Monday 28 August 2006 23:59, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > Gerard Seibert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I inherited a FreeBSD 4.8 box that had a lot of out of date ports on it. > > in trying to fix some of this, i seem to have scre

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-08-28 Thread Ahmad Arafat Abdullah
Gosh.. I'm still enjoying my 4.11 prod box ( most of it ).. well time to think abt migration? > - Original Message - > From: "Bill Moran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Garrett Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Various package/ports

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-08-28 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Version 4.x is no longer supported by FreeBSD at all. I suggest > either reinstalling FreeBSD 5.4 or just install 6.1. That's a bit of an exaggeration. http://security.freebsd.org/#adv FreeBSD 4.11 and 4-STABLE are officially supported unt

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-08-28 Thread Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum
Gerard Seibert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > Hi, > > I inherited a FreeBSD 4.8 box that had a lot of out of date ports on it. in > trying to fix some of this, i seem to have screwed up the package or > ports system in a way i cant manage to fix.

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-08-28 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Aug 28, 2006, at 1:21 PM, Gerard Seibert wrote: On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: Hi, I inherited a FreeBSD 4.8 box that had a lot of out of date ports on it. in trying to fix some of this, i seem to have screwed up the package or ports system in a way i cant manage to f

Re: Various package/ports problems

2006-08-28 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: Hi, I inherited a FreeBSD 4.8 box that had a lot of out of date ports on it. in trying to fix some of this, i seem to have screwed up the package or ports system in a way i cant manage to fix. For example if i try to run "portversion" i get: