Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 14:35:55 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: Mark Evenson <evenson@panix.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to change origin of an installed port? (e.g. Mozilla) Message-ID: <20020911123555.GD71027@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <a0lm68zpzd.fsf@panix3.panix.com> References: <a0lm68zpzd.fsf@panix3.panix.com>
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--gE7i1rD7pdK0Ng3j Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 08:10:30AM -0400, Mark Evenson wrote: > I use a daily supped CVS tree and the portupgrade to keep installed > packages fresh on my machine. With the recent restraction of the port > version of www/mozilla from "1.1" to "1.0", the portupgrade now seeks to > "update" my mozilla from "1.1,1" to "1.0.x" as was recently covered in a > HEADS UP. =20 >=20 > I wish to keep the "1.1" Mozilla around (it seems to work fine), but not = to > rebuild it from ports. What was suggested is that I change the origin of = my > installed port from "www/mozilla" to "www/mozilla-devel". After poking > around a bit in the source, and reading the docs I can find no obvious > (i.e. quasi documented) manner of doing this. The one guess I > made--editing my '/var/db/pkg/mozilla-1.1,1/+CONTENTS' file and rebuilding > via pkgdb--did not work. That seemed to work for me, however you need to tell pkgdb to really rebuild the whole database (instead of letting it figure out what was changed - it won't detect your handmade changes). I have the following line in my /var/db/pkg/mozilla-1.1,1/+CONTENTS: @comment ORIGIN:www/mozilla-devel and I rebuild my db with: $ pkgdb -fu HTH, --Stijn --=20 Beware of he who would deny you access to information. For in his heart he thinks himself your master. -- Sid Meyer, "Sid Meyer's Alpha Centauri" --gE7i1rD7pdK0Ng3j Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9fzirY3r/tLQmfWcRArG1AKCFnGhZ3lYGTYQqEK8UqfvZO6Rw2QCeJAvr +D2UcvxNWRC/Nv3cF/oE+Js= =Kpl5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gE7i1rD7pdK0Ng3j-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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