Date: 24 Jan 2002 00:45:33 +0200 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/oaf Makefile distinfo pkg-plist Message-ID: <1011825863.264.17.camel@notebook> In-Reply-To: <20020123221646.GC98627@netmonger.net> References: <200201231529.g0NFT7f48917@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020123213618.GA3673@netmonger.net> <1011823214.264.10.camel@notebook> <20020123221646.GC98627@netmonger.net>
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--=-VxoG9qJieJDL4Pu/EZAF Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2002-01-24 at 00:16, Christopher Masto wrote: > On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 12:00:15AM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > Don't trust portupgrade. The only True Way[tm] to do such large-scale > > GNOME update is to completely remove all old bits and pieces and > > recompile/reinstall them all from scratch. Something along the lines: > >=20 > > # pkg_delete -r ORBit-\* > > # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome > > # make clean > > # make install > >=20 > > Please try and let us know whether it works or not. >=20 > I will try that and get back to you in a couple of days when it > finishes compiling. :-( >=20 > I've had very few problems using portupgrade since it was introduced. Well, the problem isn't in portupgrade per se, but in the fact that new releases of GNOME components often break ABI or in some cases even API. > If it truly doesn't work here, it probably means a dependency or plist > problem with one or more of the ports. It would be nice to be able > to fix that and have a better upgrade path that doesn't put one's > machine out of commission for so long. What type of machine do you have? My aging K6-II/500 with 384MB of RAM compiles all of x11/gnome in several hours (assuming that the XFree86 is already installed), so that everything isn't as black as it seems. -Maxim --=-VxoG9qJieJDL4Pu/EZAF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQA8TzzHoNu5t4iCBa8RAm/NAJ4xOCmt8odzgsZnlnI3rP0sNqcBngCfbyLq /SRsnGq+AWBgfh7zNqX5d5g= =Mi9Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-VxoG9qJieJDL4Pu/EZAF-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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