Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:15:12 +0200 From: hans@lambermont.dyndns.org (Hans Lambermont) To: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libtool upgrade, entry 20060223 in UPDATING Message-ID: <20060426091512.GB21992@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20060425204704.GA64012@iib.unsam.edu.ar> References: <20060425154800.GB1351@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org> <444E4624.6070509@vonostingroup.com> <20060425182639.GC1351@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org> <444E6D2A.8090001@vonostingroup.com> <20060425200019.GA4435@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org> <20060425204704.GA64012@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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Fernan Aguero wrote: > +----[ Hans Lambermont <hans@lambermont.dyndns.org> (25.Apr.2006 17:10): > | > | Well, in my first mail I started here; I have the full list of packages > | already built on the staging server. I moved them over to the production > | server, removed all old ports, and tried to install all of them with > | this : pkg_add *.tgz . But pkg_add refuses to proceed, complaining > | "pkg_add: too many packages (max 200)". I have over 400. If I choose a > | smaller subset with for instance pkg_add [a-f]*.tgz I get dependency > | problems, +REQUIRED files that are not there yet etc. > | > | Perhaps I should up the hardcoded 200 to 500 in pkg_add and retry ? > | > +----] > > Mmm ... maybe I'm missing something, but what about if you iterate > over the list of the packages you want to install using a shell script > that calls pkg_add for one package each time? Yes this should work. When pkg_add knows where to find the dependency packages it will add those first to help prevent the missing +REQUIRED file complaints I got when I used pkg_add [a-f]*.tgz, which still overran the max 200 limit. regards, Hans Lambermont
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