Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 06:01:46 -0600 From: ajtiM <lumiwa@gmail.com> To: bf1783@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: python27 update-py-psyco Message-ID: <201103070601.46465.lumiwa@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikwvJDMXdOLfsFWqvQ%2BbjkVFD6jWH9X-CQetcac@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikwvJDMXdOLfsFWqvQ%2BbjkVFD6jWH9X-CQetcac@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sunday March 6 2011 12:01:47 b. f. wrote: > >I am using portmaster all the time more or less without problems. > >I like to switch to portupgrade but I don't know if is good to mix them. I > >think I will wait to FreeBSD 9 and than install evrything from scratch. > > You would have encountered the problem that you mentioned regardless > of whether you used portupgrade or portmaster, and the results would > have been the same. It was a flaw in the ports tree itself, not in > the updating tool. > > I think that portmaster is probably a better choice for most people, > since it implements most if not all of the features that portupgrade > does, the maintainer is more active, and it doesn't need ruby and bdb > to work, or require extra databases. Mixing portupgrade and > portmaster shouldn't cause any problems, as long as you take care to > keep your portupgrade port and package databases up-to-date, but it > probably isn't necessary to use both. > > Whatever you decide, I urge you to take a few minutes to read the > manpage of your updating tool. It can save you a lot of time and > frustration later. Also, if you want to avoid problems, after major > changes to the ports tree, it is safer to wait for a few days before > updating your own ports. Usually there are a few problems that are > uncovered and fixed after major changes are made, and it takes a few > days or a week for this to happen. > > b. Thank you. I am reading /usr/ports/UPDATING special like now but there are problems. And I have a problem again with /usr/ports/devel/py-psyco I get: c/mergepoints.c:242: error 'JUMP_IF_FALSE' undeclared here *** Error code 1 I trid make clean and make again but it is the same. Thanks. Mitja -------- http://jpgmag.com/people/lumiwa
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