Re: Alternative to Running Portupgrade -rf In Upgrade of expat2
Bob Perry wrote: > I have 48 dependencies on one box and 151 on another and only use a > dialup service. Disconnections are common and can be a real problem in > this situation. sounds like it's time to start downloading them all and go to bed ;) i feel you...when I got my first UNIX workstation i built X11 from source. it took almost 3 full days :( am so glad i don't have to live with dialup anymore. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Alternative to Running Portupgrade -rf In Upgrade of expat2
Conrad Sabatier wrote: On 04-Feb-2006 Bob Perry wrote: /usr/ports/UPDATING recommends that users of textproc/expat2 run portupgrade -rf textproc/expat2 to properly update expat2 and all of its dependencies. Am I correct in that I should be able to run portupgrade on the dependencies individually once identified? Sure, you could upgrade the dependent ports manually, if you wish. I'd suggest doing a "pkg_info -R gettext\*" and saving the resulting list of dependencies, so you'll have an easy reference. Think I'll run portaudit first and go on from there. I have 48 dependencies on one box and 151 on another and only use a dialup service. Disconnections are common and can be a real problem in this situation. Are the two boxes networked together? If so, you could have the distfiles directory on one machine and mount it on the other via NFS, thereby avoiding the need to download to each machine separately. One box is more of a server and the other functions primarily as my FreeBSD desktop machine which also runs Suse Linux and XP operating systems. Hoping to learn something with this setup. Will need to look into your suggestion of sharing a distfile directory. This particular issue with expat caught me by surprise. I upgraded expat2 last week and wasn't aware of any problem but did run into an unexpected problem with the gnome desktop which hasn't been resolved yet. Maybe expat2 was involved. Thanks everyone, Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Alternative to Running Portupgrade -rf In Upgrade of expat2
On 04-Feb-2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 2/4/06, Bob Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> /usr/ports/UPDATING recommends that users of textproc/expat2 >> run portupgrade -rf textproc/expat2 to properly update expat2 and all of >> its dependencies. Am I correct in that I should be able to run >> portupgrade on the dependencies individually once identified? > > Yes. Tediously. I have about 74 things that depend on expat. > Or you could ignore the whole thing until something important > depending on expat needs upgrading and do the mess then. > Firefox might count as this, maybe X. Both of which seem to > have updates this last week. > >> I have 48 dependencies on one box and 151 on another and only use a >> dialup service. Disconnections are common and can be a real problem in >> this situation. > > Shouldn't matter for most of them if you didn't delete your distfiles > as they are merely(!) being rebuilt with expat 2. If you deleted your > distfiles, or close with make distclean you will have to download > them anew, sadly. Good point. This is why I *never* use the "distclean" target. Instead, I do a periodic "portsclean -CDD" (man portsclean). -- Conrad J. Sabatier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- "In Unix veritas" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Alternative to Running Portupgrade -rf In Upgrade of expat2
On 04-Feb-2006 Bob Perry wrote: > /usr/ports/UPDATING recommends that users of textproc/expat2 > run portupgrade -rf textproc/expat2 to properly update expat2 and all of > its dependencies. Am I correct in that I should be able to run > portupgrade on the dependencies individually once identified? Sure, you could upgrade the dependent ports manually, if you wish. I'd suggest doing a "pkg_info -R gettext\*" and saving the resulting list of dependencies, so you'll have an easy reference. > I have 48 dependencies on one box and 151 on another and only use a > dialup service. Disconnections are common and can be a real problem in > this situation. Are the two boxes networked together? If so, you could have the distfiles directory on one machine and mount it on the other via NFS, thereby avoiding the need to download to each machine separately. -- Conrad J. Sabatier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- "In Unix veritas" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Alternative to Running Portupgrade -rf In Upgrade of expat2
On 2/4/06, Bob Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > /usr/ports/UPDATING recommends that users of textproc/expat2 > run portupgrade -rf textproc/expat2 to properly update expat2 and all of > its dependencies. Am I correct in that I should be able to run > portupgrade on the dependencies individually once identified? Yes. Tediously. I have about 74 things that depend on expat. Or you could ignore the whole thing until something important depending on expat needs upgrading and do the mess then. Firefox might count as this, maybe X. Both of which seem to have updates this last week. > I have 48 dependencies on one box and 151 on another and only use a > dialup service. Disconnections are common and can be a real problem in > this situation. Shouldn't matter for most of them if you didn't delete your distfiles as they are merely(!) being rebuilt with expat 2. If you deleted your distfiles, or close with make distclean you will have to download them anew, sadly. -- -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"