Michael P. Soulier writes:
> >Might as well paint "PLEASE KICK ME!" and an arrow pointing
> > down on your back
>
> I'm used to binary-package distributions that seem to try a lot
> harder to not break. I suppose that ports is evolving, and it
> used to be worse, so I shouldn't com
On 28/03/07 Robert Huff said:
> > But I bet I'm not the only one who, once upon a time, happened to
> > try "portupgrade -arR" or equivalent after forgetting to read
> > UPDATING and ended up with more to do than I originally thought.
>
> Might as well paint "PLEASE KICK ME!" and an arro
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:19:47 -0500
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> but with training my computer is teaching me what
> is right and what is not. I think.
... and I thought that's why I had stopped using Windows...hmmm ;)
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:41:06 -0400
Gerard Seibert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:40:05 +0100
> RW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Portmanager is really no better, the dependencies recorded in the
> > package database are also recursive. The big problem with gettext
> > was t
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:41:06 -0400
Gerard Seibert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On the other hand, I have never had a problem using 'portmanager'
> provided I used the '-p -f' flags.
OPPS, should have been '-p -u' flags.
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:40:05 +0100
RW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Portmanager is really no better, the dependencies recorded in the
> package database are also recursive. The big problem with gettext
> was that a lot of port failed to build afterwards, leaving them with a
> missing library.
I ha
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:15:53 -0400
Gerard Seibert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:36:59 -0400
> "Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On 28/03/07 RW said:
> >
> > > The gettext upgrade is actually a good example of what portupgrade
> > > offers. With portupgra
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:36:59 -0400
"Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 28/03/07 RW said:
>
> > The gettext upgrade is actually a good example of what portupgrade
> > offers. With portupgrade the -rf option is advisable, but not
> > essential, with portmaster, it's essential that
Kevin Kinsey writes:
> But I bet I'm not the only one who, once upon a time, happened to
> try "portupgrade -arR" or equivalent after forgetting to read
> UPDATING and ended up with more to do than I originally thought.
Might as well paint "PLEASE KICK ME!" and an arrow pointing
down
Michael P. Soulier wrote:
On 28/03/07 Kevin Kinsey said:
Here is a time-honored and rather canonical diatribe on "The Art of
Pkgdb -F" (a great thread title, BTW). Note also that it is nearly
six years old, and that additional package-management tools have been
proposed, cr
On 28/03/07, Joel Hatton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:34:00 -0400, "Michael P. Soulier" wrote:
>
>Now, I've been upgrading ports via
>
>portupgrade -R
>
>as suggested in the handbook. As -R upgrades only those packages that require
>those supplied, and not those that it
Hi,
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:34:00 -0400, "Michael P. Soulier" wrote:
>
>Now, I've been upgrading ports via
>
>portupgrade -R
>
>as suggested in the handbook. As -R upgrades only those packages that require
>those supplied, and not those that it requires, would that cause it?
Be careful with your
On 28/03/07 Gerard Seibert said:
> You can run:
>
> portmanager -u -p -l
>
> That will rebuild all broken and or missing dependencies for all of
> your ports.
How does it know what ports are installed? Originally, I thought that the
pkgdb was that source of information, so if it was gone,
On 28/03/07 RW said:
> The gettext upgrade is actually a good example of what portupgrade
> offers. With portupgrade the -rf option is advisable, but not
> essential, with portmaster, it's essential that the -r option is used,
> If it's not, or the upgrade fails to complete, you can end-up with no
On 28/03/07 Kevin Kinsey said:
> Here is a time-honored and rather canonical diatribe on "The Art of
> Pkgdb -F" (a great thread title, BTW). Note also that it is nearly
> six years old, and that additional package-management tools have been
> proposed, created, and relea
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:19:47 -0500
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Obviously, as I am not about to batter you
> about the neck and head with the beam projecting
> from my eye (hold still, you've got a . . .),
> I can only suggest a decent cringe&pray
> manouver (as I execute from
logize, but I haven't found them there.
Here is a time-honored and rather canonical diatribe on "The Art of
Pkgdb -F" (a great thread title, BTW). Note also that it is nearly
six years old, and that additional package-management tools have been
proposed, created, and released to
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:17:13 -0400
"Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm looking at
>
> http://www.freebsddiary.org/pkgdb.php
>
> while I run it myself. I'm finding wonderful questions like
>
> Stale dependency: p5-Authen-SASL-2.09 -> p5-GSSAPI-0.24
> (security/p5-GSSAPI): p5-Ge
On 27/03/07, Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:17:13 -0400
"Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm looking at
>
> http://www.freebsddiary.org/pkgdb.php
>
> while I run it myself. I'm finding wonderful questions like
>
> Stale dependency: p5-Authen-SAS
Beech Rintoul wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 March 2007, Jeffrey Goldberg said:
>> On Mar 27, 2007, at 8:34 PM, Josh Carroll wrote:
Stale dependency: p5-Authen-SASL-2.09 -> p5-GSSAPI-0.24
(security/ p5-GSSAPI):
p5-Geography-Countries-1.4 (score:26%) ? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [no]
> In this case t
On Tuesday 27 March 2007, Jeffrey Goldberg said:
> On Mar 27, 2007, at 8:34 PM, Josh Carroll wrote:
> >> Stale dependency: p5-Authen-SASL-2.09 -> p5-GSSAPI-0.24
> >> (security/ p5-GSSAPI):
> >> p5-Geography-Countries-1.4 (score:26%) ? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [no]
> >
In this case the port p5-Authen-SASL
On Mar 27, 2007, at 8:34 PM, Josh Carroll wrote:
Stale dependency: p5-Authen-SASL-2.09 -> p5-GSSAPI-0.24 (security/
p5-GSSAPI):
p5-Geography-Countries-1.4 (score:26%) ? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [no]
Well this one is pretty obvious. Look at what the stale dependency is,
and what it's suggesting? :)
Stale dependency: p5-Authen-SASL-2.09 -> p5-GSSAPI-0.24 (security/p5-GSSAPI):
p5-Geography-Countries-1.4 (score:26%) ? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [no]
Well this one is pretty obvious. Look at what the stale dependency is,
and what it's suggesting? :)
Sometimes it can be less clear, though. You just hav
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:17:13 -0400
"Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm looking at
>
> http://www.freebsddiary.org/pkgdb.php
>
> while I run it myself. I'm finding wonderful questions like
>
> Stale dependency: p5-Authen-SASL-2.09 -> p5-GSSAPI-0.24 (security/p5-GSSAPI):
> p5-Ge
I'm looking at
http://www.freebsddiary.org/pkgdb.php
while I run it myself. I'm finding wonderful questions like
Stale dependency: p5-Authen-SASL-2.09 -> p5-GSSAPI-0.24 (security/p5-GSSAPI):
p5-Geography-Countries-1.4 (score:26%) ? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [no]
I must ask. How the hell am I supposed
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