From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 18 12:11:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EEC11066155 for ; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:11:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0C668FC12 for ; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:11:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from sarevok.dnr.servegame.org (gate.lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.10]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D76D97E821; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:11:35 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:11:31 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.2 (FreeBSD/8.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.2.2; i386; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200904181411.31662.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: Subject: Re: portupgrade, xfce4 problems 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: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:11:41 -0000 On Saturday 18 April 2009 00:27:29 Sniper wrote: > --$ sudo pkgdb -F > ---> Checking the package registry database > Stale origin: 'x11/libxfce4mcs': perhaps moved or obsoleted. > -> The port 'x11/libxfce4mcs' was removed on 2009-03-02 because: > "got obsolete by xfce 4.6 update" > -> Hint: libxfce4mcs-4.4.3 is required by the following package(s): > Terminal-0.2.8.3 > -> Hint: checking for overwritten files... > -> No files installed by libxfce4mcs-4.4.3 have been overwritten by other > packages. > Deinstall libxfce4mcs-4.4.3 ? [no] y ^^^ > ---> Deinstalling 'libxfce4mcs-4.4.3' > pkg_delete: package 'libxfce4mcs-4.4.3' is required by these other packages > and may not be deinstalled: You can tell the portupgrade devs that detecting an installed package has dependants, asking the user to uninstall it and subsequently calling a command that b0rks out because the installed package has dependants, is not very user friendly. To correct it, pkg_delete -f libxfce4mcs-4.4.3, make -C /usr/ports/ports- mgmt/portmaster install. portmaster /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/xfce4 Ok, that last bit was mean, but yea, /usr/ports/UPDATING explains the procedure. -- Mel