Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:44:53 -0400 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@2hip.net> To: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portmanager stuck in a loop Message-ID: <1214585093.63129.24.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com> 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.>
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On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 17:21 +0100, RW wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:55:57 -0400 > Robert Noland <rnoland@2hip.net> 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 <rnoland@2hip.net> 2Hip Networks
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