From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 27 16:45:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D4D2106567B for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:45:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@2hip.net) Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D8D58FC37 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:45:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@2hip.net) Received: from [192.168.166.46] ([68.0.14.34]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m5RGixU3085348 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:44:59 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rnoland@2hip.net) From: Robert Noland To: RW In-Reply-To: <20080627172121.453ceefc@gumby.homeunix.com.> References: <7E88CE27089FBA4DAF28262B761808863FD6DB@MAIL01.caprio.corp> <1214577239.63129.7.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com> <7E88CE27089FBA4DAF28262B761808863FD6FF@MAIL01.caprio.corp> <1214578557.63129.14.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com> <20080627172121.453ceefc@gumby.homeunix.com.> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: 2Hip Networks Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:44:53 -0400 Message-Id: <1214585093.63129.24.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.1.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL autolearn=no version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on gizmo.2hip.net Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portmanager stuck in a loop X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:45:02 -0000 On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 17:21 +0100, RW wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:55:57 -0400 > Robert Noland wrote: > > > On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 10:46 -0400, Josh Hanson wrote: > > > Ok, so I tried running "portmanager -u -p -l -y". > > > > > > It built a lot of ports, then got stuck again on xorg-server over > > > and over. The log file looks the same as my first post. > > > > Is the options screen being presented repeatedly? If so, the options > > are corrupt and/or not being stored properly. The dialog box should > > only be shown once and use the stored options after that. You are > > running as a user with permission to update /var/db/ports? > > If he wasn't then, presumably portmanager wouldn't detect a > modification of options files. It sounds as if portmanager itself might > not be at the root of this and it's just reacting to a problem with the > ports, whereby one or more of them is spuriously bringing-up the > options screen. Yeah, we have eliminated that as an issue. I've suggested a "portmanager -u -f -l" to get everything in sync. robert. > I'd go to /var/db/ports and remove any directories that match the > problem ports. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Robert Noland 2Hip Networks