Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-06 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Warren Block wrote: On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Donovan R. Palmer wrote: A total noob here with FreeBSD, but am liking it so far. I went to run portupgrade for the first time and encountered quite a few problems. I have googled around and found some of my answers, but it's been slow going. For exampl

Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-06 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 10:15:54AM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > > >>> I really should rephrase what I said, because you're both right and I knew >>> you were right. >>> >>> *I* can't mix packages and ports, because *I* can't be bothered keeping >>> track of things.

Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 10:15:54AM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > > > > > > > I really should rephrase what I said, because you're both right and I knew > > you were right. > > > > *I* can't mix packages and ports, because *I* can't be bothered keeping > > track of things. > > > > Like eve

Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-06 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
> > > I really should rephrase what I said, because you're both right and I knew > you were right. > > *I* can't mix packages and ports, because *I* can't be bothered keeping > track of things. > Like everything in UNIX there are several ways: 1. The default (simplest way) 2. The simple but m

Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-06 Thread James
On Nov 6, 2007 8:16 AM, Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 12:18:01AM +, James wrote: > > [...] > > So you don't need to uninstall pkgs before starting to use ports, but > you > > can't go back once you've started using them. > > That's not true. Packages are ju

Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-06 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 12:18:01AM +, James wrote: [...] > So you don't need to uninstall pkgs before starting to use ports, but you > can't go back once you've started using them. That's not true. Packages are just precompiled ports, and you can mix and match if you know what you're doing. I

Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-05 Thread Jack Barnett
Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: *cd patchs # optional ./apply # optional * patchs are some local patchs and yet to be committed patchs I use ok, thanks :) I was wondering why I couldn't find them on my system :) __

Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-05 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
>> *cd patchs # optional >> ./apply # optional >> * patchs are some local patchs and yet to be committed patchs I use -- Aryeh M. Friedman Developer, not business, friendly http://www.flosoft-systems.com _

Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-05 Thread James
On Nov 5, 2007 7:11 PM, Jack Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > > Here is a script I use to automate the procedure I posted in the > previous reply: > > #!/bin/sh > > cd /usr/src > csup ports-supfile > csup standard-supfile > cd patchs # opt

Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-05 Thread Jack Barnett
Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Here is a script I use to automate the procedure I posted in the previous reply: #!/bin/sh cd /usr/src csup ports-supfile csup standard-supfile cd patchs # optional ./apply # optional portupgrade -a ?? _

Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-05 Thread Donovan R. Palmer
The thing you should be doing first is checking /usr/ports/UPDATING. Major things can change, and portupgrade may not be able to handle them without help. Ah, i c. I am starting to make sense out of some of this from my fighting around on this. The "-f" option to pkg_delete/pkg_deinstall wil

Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-05 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Donovan R. Palmer wrote: A total noob here with FreeBSD, but am liking it so far. I went to run portupgrade for the first time and encountered quite a few problems. I have googled around and found some of my answers, but it's been slow going. For example: cairo# portupgra

Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-05 Thread Donovan R. Palmer
While portsupgrade does work on packages it is usually better to do stuff from ports... even though this may be time consuming you may want to deinstall every last package you have installed then select a few "high level" ports to install (i.e. enough to drag in almost everything you need)... in g

Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-05 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
> > Very interesting. Without sounding too daft, how do I determine what > a "high level" port is? Thanks! > oops forgot to include on that list: 1. lyx tex editor 2. linux-flashplayer7 3. acrobat reader 7 4. The latest firefox a. Install both native and linux verions b. Use linux to i

Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-05 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
Donovan R. Palmer wrote: >> While portsupgrade does work on packages it is usually better to do >> stuff from ports... even though this may be time consuming you may want >> to deinstall every last package you have installed then select a few >> "high level" ports to install (i.e. enough to drag in

Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-05 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
Here is a script I use to automate the procedure I posted in the previous reply: #!/bin/sh cd /usr/src csup ports-supfile csup standard-supfile cd patchs # optional ./apply # optional portupgrade -a -- Aryeh M. Friedman Developer, not business

Re: portupgrade questions

2007-11-05 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
> > So how do I fix this? Is there a HOW-TO or tutorial on a webpage out > there that will help me learn how to fix these things? The handbook > makes no mention of how to resolve these issues... unless I missed > something? While portsupgrade does work on packages it is usually better to do stu

portupgrade questions

2007-11-05 Thread Donovan R. Palmer
Hi Gang, A total noob here with FreeBSD, but am liking it so far. I went to run portupgrade for the first time and encountered quite a few problems. I have googled around and found some of my answers, but it's been slow going. For example: cairo# portupgrade -aF cd: can't cd to /usr/ports/de

Re: portupgrade questions

2005-04-04 Thread Richard Danter
Thanks all for the help, it is working perfectly now! Rich RW wrote: On Wednesday 30 March 2005 10:55, Darksidex wrote: Richard Danter wrote: 1. If I do "portupgrade -rR port" it will recompile the new version of "port" and related ports as expected but it will also try to compile up any packages t

Re: portupgrade questions

2005-03-31 Thread RW
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 10:55, Darksidex wrote: > Richard Danter wrote: > > 1. If I do "portupgrade -rR port" it will recompile the new version of > > "port" and related ports as expected but it will also try to compile up > > any packages that are dependent. Is there a way to tell it not to > >

Re: portupgrade questions

2005-03-30 Thread Darksidex
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Danter wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a mixture of ports and packages on my system. Mostly ports, but > since my machine is not all that fast I decided not to compile things > like OpenOffice.org for obvious reasons. > > I have two questions abo

portupgrade questions

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Danter
Hi all, I have a mixture of ports and packages on my system. Mostly ports, but since my machine is not all that fast I decided not to compile things like OpenOffice.org for obvious reasons. I have two questions about portupgrade: 1. If I do "portupgrade -rR port" it will recompile the new versio

portupgrade questions

2004-03-25 Thread dave
Hello, I've got a machine i want to run portupgrade on. I want to do this as automatically as possible. In the default portinstall pkgtools.conf file in the BEFOREDEINSTALL array i've uncommented the automatically stop each service that has an rc script, and the stop postfix line. I'm now getti

Re: Portupgrade questions

2003-08-20 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"Charles Howse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now that I am ready to start installing applications, I have read *some* > of the documentation in man portupgrade and some articles on the web. > > First, I did: > # tar -czvf dbpkg.tgz /var/db/pkg > Then: > #pkgdb -F > It found cvsupit was broken wi

Portupgrade questions

2003-08-19 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, Now that I am ready to start installing applications, I have read *some* of the documentation in man portupgrade and some articles on the web. First, I did: # tar -czvf dbpkg.tgz /var/db/pkg Then: #pkgdb -F It found cvsupit was broken with no fix for 3 months, I deleted it and all it's depend

Re: More Portupgrade questions

2002-12-26 Thread Philip J. Koenig
On 26 Dec 2002 at 14:31, Kent Stewart boldly uttered: > On Thursday 26 December 2002 02:21 pm, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > > Running "make index" fills the screen with lots more error messages > > than "portsdb -Uu".. :-) > > > > Mostly "..no entry for.." messages, some "..Duplicate INDEX entry:.."

Re: More Portupgrade questions

2002-12-26 Thread Kent Stewart
On Thursday 26 December 2002 02:21 pm, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > On 26 Dec 2002 at 13:39, Kent Stewart boldly uttered: > > On Thursday 26 December 2002 01:32 pm, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > > > When running "portsdb -uU" as recommended in the Portupgrade > > > documentation I'm currently getting some

Re: More Portupgrade questions

2002-12-26 Thread Stacey Roberts
On Thu, 2002-12-26 at 22:21, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > On 26 Dec 2002 at 13:39, Kent Stewart boldly uttered: > > > On Thursday 26 December 2002 01:32 pm, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > > > When running "portsdb -uU" as recommended in the Portupgrade > > > documentation I'm currently getting some error

Re: More Portupgrade questions

2002-12-26 Thread Philip J. Koenig
On 26 Dec 2002 at 13:39, Kent Stewart boldly uttered: > On Thursday 26 December 2002 01:32 pm, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > > When running "portsdb -uU" as recommended in the Portupgrade > > documentation I'm currently getting some errors, and not sure if I > > have to do something about them or wha

Re: More Portupgrade questions

2002-12-26 Thread Kent Stewart
On Thursday 26 December 2002 01:32 pm, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > When running "portsdb -uU" as recommended in the Portupgrade > documentation I'm currently getting some errors, and not sure if I > have to do something about them or what I should do. Couldn't find > any suggestions in the Portsdb m

Re: More Portupgrade questions

2002-12-26 Thread Stacey Roberts
On Thu, 2002-12-26 at 21:32, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > When running "portsdb -uU" as recommended in the Portupgrade > documentation I'm currently getting some errors, and not sure if I > have to do something about them or what I should do. Couldn't find > any suggestions in the Portsdb manpage.

More Portupgrade questions

2002-12-26 Thread Philip J. Koenig
When running "portsdb -uU" as recommended in the Portupgrade documentation I'm currently getting some errors, and not sure if I have to do something about them or what I should do. Couldn't find any suggestions in the Portsdb manpage. I recently removed all the Ruby stuff and portupgrade and