On a dual-CPU i386 box running FreeBSD 6.3, I'm having two issues with
portsnap and freebsd-update:
1. After running portsnap fetch I then do portmaster -L
portmaster.out to see which ports need updating. But the output stops
on one of the perl ports:
=== p5-Text-ParseWords-3.1
=== The
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:25:34 -0700
David Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
=== The textproc/p5-Text-ParseWords port has been deleted: Module
included in
core perl
=== Aborting update
Running pkg_delete reveals dependencies:
pkg_delete: package 'p5-Text-ParseWords-3.1' is required by
On 7/12/08 9:55 AM, RW wrote:
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:25:34 -0700
David Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
=== The textproc/p5-Text-ParseWords port has been deleted: Module
included in
core perl
=== Aborting update
Running pkg_delete reveals dependencies:
pkg_delete: package
upgrading a 6.3 box using portsnap and freebsd-update
*David Newman* dnewman at networktest.com
mailto:freebsd-questions%40freebsd.org?Subject=upgrading%20a%206.3%20box%20using%20portsnap%20and%20freebsd-updateIn-Reply-To=20080712175513.7ed1baed%40gumby.homeunix.com.
/Sat Jul 12 17:52:48 UTC
On 7/12/08 4:11 PM, David wrote:
So, and this worked for me, delete everything in the freebsd-update db
directory, /var/db/freebsd-update.
It does involve re-downloading a lot of stuff. In hindsight, move the
sub-directory files else where and then re-populate once it is working.
That didn't
