On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 01:55:48PM -0400, Ian Lord wrote: > Hi, > > > > I just did a "cvsup" and a "pkg_version -v" to see that one of my port is > outdated. > > > > pecl-memcache-2.1.0 < needs updating (port has 2.1.2) > > > > When I tried to "portupgrade -a" I got a message saying "pecl-memcache-2.1.2 > is marked as broken: Configure fails." > > > > I though something was broken on my system so I went to > /usr/ports/databases/pecl-memcache/ and did a "make deinstall" followed by a > "make clean" and a "make" > > > > I get the same error message saying: > > ===> pecl-memcache-2.1.2 is marked as broken: Configure fails. > > *** Error code 1 > > > > Stop in /usr/ports/databases/pecl-memcache. > > > > > > > > I did some research and found that tag "broken" is in the cvs so I guess the > developer set it that way. > > > > 2 questions: > > > > 1- How come a broken port is in the cvs ? Shouldn't the developer do a > rollback or something if something fails ?
They should *fix* it, but they've not done so yet. Email the maintainer to ask about their plans for fixing it. > 2- Is there a way to reinstall an older version hoping to get the > functionality back (since I deinstalled :-() You can use CVS or (maybe) the portdowngrade port. Kris _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"