From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 23 04:03:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 BC6FE16A420 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:03:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ow.mun.heng@wdc.com) Received: from wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com (wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com [129.253.170.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F1C943D77 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:03:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ow.mun.heng@wdc.com) Received: from neuromancer.home.net ([129.253.108.208]) by wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:03:12 -0800 Received: from neuromancer.home.net (neuromancer.home.net [127.0.0.1]) by neuromancer.home.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1N42hWk008100 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:02:43 +0800 From: Ow Mun Heng To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <43FD3301.6030105@computer.org> References: <1140659905.1984.20.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <43FD3301.6030105@computer.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:02:43 +0800 Message-Id: <1140667363.4762.34.camel@neuromancer.home.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Feb 2006 04:03:13.0330 (UTC) FILETIME=[111B7120:01C6382E] Subject: Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:03:27 -0000 On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:58 -0600, Eric Schuele wrote: > Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > In gentoo, it's a simple "emerge xterm" and all will be done > > automatically. (Granted, this is compile from source and not from binary > > packages, which I know can do "cd /usr/ports/x11/xterm && make install > > clean", but since FreeBSD has binary packages, I rather use that) > > Try 'man portupgrade'. Look at "-P" or "-PP" switch. might be what you > need. I would imagine you'd have the best results if you pulled the > package down manually then ran portupgrade with appropriate switches. I followed the advice of Kevin Kinsey and tried it out. It's working. Just like Gentoo's Emerge (emerge -Kav xterm) The only thing (again) unnerving is this statement. [snip] pkg_delete: package 'gettext-0.14.5' is required by these other packages and may not be deinstalled (but I'll delete it anyway): <--- *anyway*?? bash-3.1.10 [/snip] -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 12:00:42 up 1 day, 13:35, 5 users, load average: 1.61, 1.18, 0.91