From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 29 05:23:09 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6430B16A4CE for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 05:23:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp14.wxs.nl (smtp14.wxs.nl [195.121.6.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0525743D53 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 05:23:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from smtp.planet.nl (ip51cc8423.speed.planet.nl [81.204.132.35]) by smtp14.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch 2 (built Jul 14 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IE300GY3LMJSV@smtp14.wxs.nl> for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:23:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from Alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.planet.nl (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j2T5N7dS001899; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:23:07 +0200 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by Alex.lan (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j2T5N7TF001898; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:23:07 +0200 Content-return: prohibited Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:23:07 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <424769D0.5030500@att.net> To: Jay O'Brien Message-id: <20050329052307.GB760@Alex.lan> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: <424769D0.5030500@att.net> X-Authentication-warning: Alex.lan: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f cc: FreeBSD - questions Subject: Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 05:23:09 -0000 On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 06:20:00PM -0800, Jay O'Brien wrote: > Updating a computer, pkg_info reported I only had two packages, > cvsup-without-gui-16.1h and perl-5.8.5, both of which were out > of date as reported by pkg_version. > > I tried to install portmanager, but it was not able to get the > needed files from http://portmanager.sunsite.dk. > > So, I installed portupgrade. Those files came in fine. > > I then did "portupgrade -a -N -vu -rR", which was successful for me > several months ago on another computer. > > The computer ran for over nearly two hours, with messages scrolling > by so fast it was nearly impossible to read, filling up the screen with > text. I used script so as to capture the screen messages; the capture > file of the screen is 1.2MB in size! This is normal. > Now, pkg_info says I have 10 packages installed; added were ezm3, > gettext, gmake, libiconv, libtool, portupgrade,ruby and ruby18. If > these all required to make portupgrade or perl work, where is that > reference? These are in the port system /usr/ports/ > Help! What did I do? You told you system to install portmanager and the ports that it needs, but also all the ports that are based on it. Please check 'man portupgrade' about the options. -- Alex Please copy the original recipients, otherwise I may not read your reply. WWW: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/FreeBSD/