From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 7 20:40:53 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EEE331B5 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2014 20:40:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dnvrco-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (dnvrco-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.73.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9A5B2FE2 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2014 20:40:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [76.184.156.59] ([76.184.156.59:59257] helo=[192.168.1.32]) by dnvrco-oedge01 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.5.0.35861 r(Momo-dev:tip)) with ESMTP id C6/EA-12227-3D873935; Sat, 07 Jun 2014 20:40:52 +0000 Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 15:40:52 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl Reply-To: Paul Schmehl To: "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" Subject: Re: How are ports built now Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20140607202241.GA59544@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> References: <20140607202241.GA59544@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.64.118:25 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=O4i3vXNW c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=iy4Q/FHRRDrLt+awqfk3Bw==:117 a=iy4Q/FHRRDrLt+awqfk3Bw==:17 a=ayC55rCoAAAA:8 a=05ChyHeVI94A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=UdvEN9gbqWsBAELrqE0A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 Cc: FreeBSD Ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 20:40:54 -0000 --On June 7, 2014 at 10:22:41 PM +0200 "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" wrote: > Paul Schmehl wrote: > >> Recently I upgraded two servers to 8.4 and implemented the pkgng system. > [snip] >> Is portmaster not the appropriate method for updating ports with pkgng? > > It depends whether you're talking about *building* packages from the ports > tree or installing binary packages. > > As for building from ports, Portmaster doesn't care whether you're using > the new PNGNG or the old pkg_* tools. > Thanks. That's good to know. >> Now, when I run portmaster -ad, it seems to keep reinstalling the same >> ports over and over again. > > That's strange. Perhaps PKGNG hasn't been initialised properly on your > system(s), that's all I can think of at the moment. Did you use pkg2ng? > I'm pretty sure I did, but I ran it again. I noticed several errors which I will have to investigate. Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell