Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 05:48:23 +0200 From: Abu Khaled <khaled.abu@gmail.com> To: well sun <sunwell@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a question about the pkg_add and "make install clean" Message-ID: <a64c109e050328194826e4beda@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY104-F235183B5AD787C3E93AC02B5450@phx.gbl> References: <4248BFC0.6050001@makeworld.com> <BAY104-F235183B5AD787C3E93AC02B5450@phx.gbl>
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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 03:27:22 +0000, well sun <sunwell@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > thanks your answers. I use the ports-supfile and stable-supfile under > /usr/share/examples/cvsup to do upgrade. > > I think I understand what the difference between the pkg_add and "make > install". > > That is if I want to install the latest version, I should use the "make > install" or get the xxx.tbz from the freebsd-current directory. Is it > correct? > > Could I make the default directory from 5.3-release to 6.0-current by change > one configuration file? If I want to override the default fetching site of > "pkg_add" command by some faster sites, how can I do? you need to set PACKAGESITE environment variable example for i386 and 5.X STABLE # setenv PACKAGESITE ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-stable/ALL If it fails I use this one # setenv PACKAGESITE ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-stable/Latest > > >From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> > >Reply-To: racerx@makeworld.com > >To: Abu Khaled <khaled.abu@gmail.com> > >CC: well sun <sunwell@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: Re: a question about the pkg_add and "make install clean" > >Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:38:56 -0600 > > > >Abu Khaled wrote: > >>On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 01:12:10 +0000, well sun <sunwell@hotmail.com> > >>wrote: > >> > >>> I had install the freebsd5.3 with custom setup and only > >>>install > >>> the source code and base, not install xorg and perl. Then I use > >>>cvsup > >>> to upgrade stable source code and current ports. After doing > >>>these, I > >>> want to install the kde3 and gnome2. But I found when I use the > >>> pkg_add command, freebsd will go to the directory under > >>>"5.3-release", > >>> it is older than the installation using "make install clean" > >>>command. > >>> For example, when I use pkg_add xorg, it will install 6.7 > >>>version. > >>> When I use "make install clean", it will install 6.8.2 version. > >>>How > >>> can I make them to install same versions? Another question is, > >>>when I > >>> install the xorg-clients, it give me a error message that > >>>"libc.so.6" > >>> not found, and many reference to *GL.so not found, how can I > >>>fix it? I > >>> had get the latest X11R7-src{1,2,3}.tar.bz2. > >>> > >> > >> > >>My guess would be that you did not build/install world/kernel. So > >>the > >>package system still defaults to your 5.3 release branch. The > >>sources/ports you updated must be for the development brach > >>FreeBSD-5.X, also known as FreeBSD 5-STABLE "RELENG 5" > >> > >>Check your CVSUP configuration (supfile). > >>if default tag=RELENG_5 then you are tracking 5.4 STABLE and you > >>need > >>to buildworld/kernel and install (check the handbook). > >> > >>If you don't whant to buildworld/kernel then change "tag=RELENG_5" > >>to > >>"tag=RELENG_5_3", cvsup again and your sources/ports well be the > >>same > >>as PACKAGES (the older ones) > >> > > > >This is flat out wrong. The cvsup of the src tree and the ports tree > >are seperate. You would use 2 seperate cvs files. > > > >Now, you "could" combine them I suppose (I dont know out right - I > >have not done this. If you cvsup the ports tree (and it sounds like > >you may have, by doing so, you have pulled in a "newer" tree of the > >ports. Thus, a make install would get you the newest installs > >(pending on when you cvsuped the ports tree) of those programs. > > > >Using pkg_add is simply going out to the FBSD site and installing > >the binary (pre compiled) versions that were released when the OS > >was released. > > > >The proper tag for getting the latest ports tree under 5.3-RELEASE > >would be this in the ports-supfile: > > > >*default release=cvs tag=. > > > >Remeber, as long as you keep your ports tree up to date, the > >packages will always be outdated. > > > >You can find all this out by simply reading the handbook online. > > > >Please try to know what your talking about before confusing a > >newbie. > > > >-- > >Best regards, > >Chris > > > >Virtue is its own punishment. > > ________________________________ > > Find files on your PC instantly with the new MSN Toolbar Suite beta – FREE! -- Kind regards Abu Khaled
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