I was trying to update my system from FreeBSD 6.1 P#1 to FreeBSD 6.1 P#2, and after I did a "portupgrade -arR", the following text was in the output:
<snip> ---> Cleaning out obsolete shared libraries [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 196 packages found (-0 +1) . done] ---> Skipping 'x11-toolkits/wxgtk26' (wxgtk2-2.6.2_3) because a requisite packa ge 'wxgtk2-common-2.6.2_2' (x11-toolkits/wxgtk26-common) failed (specify -k to f orce) ---> Skipping 'devel/gnomevfs2' (gnomevfs2-2.12.2_1) because a requisite packag e 'libbonobo-2.10.1_2' (devel/libbonobo) failed (specify -k to force) ---> Skipping 'x11-fm/rox-filer' (rox-2.4.1_1) because a requisite package 'lib bonobo-2.10.1_2' (devel/libbonobo) failed (specify -k to force) ---> Skipping 'multimedia/vlc' (vlc-0.8.4a_2) because a requisite package 'gnom evfs2-2.12.2_1' (devel/gnomevfs2) failed (specify -k to force) ---> Skipping 'x11/libgnome' (libgnome-2.12.0.1) because a requisite package 'l ibbonobo-2.10.1_2' (devel/libbonobo) failed (specify -k to force) ---> Skipping 'multimedia/libxine' (libxine-1.1.1_2) because a requisite packag e 'libbonobo-2.10.1_2' (devel/libbonobo) failed (specify -k to force) ---> Skipping 'multimedia/xine' (xine-0.99.4_3) because a requisite package 'li bbonobo-2.10.1_2' (devel/libbonobo) failed (specify -k to force) ---> Skipping 'x11-toolkits/libbonoboui' (libbonoboui-2.10.1_1) because a requi site package 'libbonobo-2.10.1_2' (devel/libbonobo) failed (specify -k to force) ---> Skipping 'x11-toolkits/libgnomeui' (libgnomeui-2.12.1) because a requisite package 'libbonobo-2.10.1_2' (devel/libbonobo) failed (specify -k to force) ---> Skipping 'editors/abiword' (abiword-2.4.2) because a requisite package 'li bbonobo-2.10.1_2' (devel/libbonobo) failed (specify -k to force) ---> Skipping 'editors/abiword-plugins' (abiword-plugins-2.4.2) because a requi site package 'abiword-2.4.2' (editors/abiword) failed (specify -k to force) ---> Skipping 'devel/anjuta' (anjuta-1.2.4_3) because a requisite package 'libb onobo-2.10.1_2' (devel/libbonobo) failed (specify -k to force) ** Listing the failed packages (*:skipped / !:failed) ! (libtool-1.3.5_2) (port directory error) ! textproc/scrollkeeper (scrollkeeper-0.3.14_3,1) (unknown build e rror) * audio/sdl_mixer (sdl_mixer-1.2.6_1) * games/race (race-0.5_2) ! devel/libbonobo (libbonobo-2.10.1_2) (configure error) ! print/libgnomeprint (libgnomeprint-2.12.1) (configure error) * www/nvu (nvu-1.0_1) * x11-toolkits/vte (vte-0.11.18) * security/gnomekeyring (gnomekeyring-0.4.7) * x11/nvidia-settings (nvidia-settings-1.0_8) * x11-toolkits/wxgtk26-common (wxgtk2-common-2.6.2_2) * graphics/gqview (gqview-2.0.1_1) * misc/gnome-icon-theme (gnome-icon-theme-2.12.1_2) * devel/libglade2 (libglade2-2.5.1_3) * graphics/libgnomecanvas (libgnomecanvas-2.12.0) * x11-toolkits/libgnomeprintui (libgnomeprintui-2.12.1) * x11-toolkits/wxgtk26 (wxgtk2-2.6.2_3) * devel/gnomevfs2 (gnomevfs2-2.12.2_1) * x11-fm/rox-filer (rox-2.4.1_1) * multimedia/vlc (vlc-0.8.4a_2) * x11/libgnome (libgnome-2.12.0.1) * multimedia/libxine (libxine-1.1.1_2) * multimedia/xine (xine-0.99.4_3) * x11-toolkits/libbonoboui (libbonoboui-2.10.1_1) * x11-toolkits/libgnomeui (libgnomeui-2.12.1) * editors/abiword (abiword-2.4.2) * editors/abiword-plugins (abiword-plugins-2.4.2) * devel/anjuta (anjuta-1.2.4_3) ---> Packages processed: 6 done, 162 ignored, 24 skipped and 4 failed If I force it by using "portupgrade -arRf", is there a chance I will break it? I know I've asked in the past, but if anyone knows of a foolproof way of updating FreeBSD, I would love to learn it. I did a "cvsup", "make buildworld", "make buildkernel", etc, then "portsdb -uU", and finally the "portupgrade -arR". I can post my update procedure if required (I also posted it 2 weeks ago when I was trying to get portsnap to work). Any suggestions on how to build the skipped and failed ports? And any suggestions on making a foolproof update procedure? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"