Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:17:41 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Neal Hogan <nealhogan@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupdate xorg-server Message-ID: <20090320221741.GA32534@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <ab7b49bc0903200814r5f8a6281tacca690869848b7@mail.gmail.com> References: <ab7b49bc0903191321n651b86d6i2035280867650780@mail.gmail.com> <20090319211530.GA27605@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <ab7b49bc0903200814r5f8a6281tacca690869848b7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:14:32AM -0500, Neal Hogan wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 03:21:05PM -0500, Neal Hogan wrote: > > > > > > The last couple of days I've been running portupgrade -av and am to the > > > point where I'd like to move onto something else, but there is one > > package > > > that won't upgrade . . . xorg-server. As you can see below, it claims > > that > > > there is a missing header and there are a fair amount of reported errors. > > > I'm not the best at deciphering the stuff below. > > > > > > I've tried make deinstalling/reinstalling and individually portupgrading > > it > > > to no avail. > > > > > > suggestions? > > > > > > glxdriswrast.c:39:39: error: GL/internal/dri_interface.h: No such file or > > > directory > > > > $ pkg_info -W /usr/local/include/GL/internal/dri_interface.h > > /usr/local/include/GL/internal/dri_interface.h was installed by package > > xf86driproto-2.0.3 > > > I wish to not only that Frank for his patience and subtle hand-holding, but > also address the rest of the list. Thanks a lot *takes bow* ;) > > First, concerning the issue Mr. Shute responded to . . . > I reinstalled xf86driproto, which installed the dri_interface.h, which > allowed me to pkg_add xorg-server. However, it was the older version of > xorg-server. So, I ran portupgrade on it and it, again, claims that there is > no dri_interface.h. According to pkg_version, all xorg and xf86 ports are > up-to-date, except xorg-server of which there is a newer version. What I wouldn't do is mix and match packages with ports. The xorg-server package is likely to have been built against older ports. IMO, it's always best to stick with ports. So: # pkg_deinstall -f xorg-server # portupgrade -Nv xorg-server should fix things for you and bring your xorg-server uptodate. > > That said, I was hoping that you can help me understand the portupgrade > process b/c it can be a bit frustrating when it runs for a LONG time only to > have upgrades fail. Please don't take my tone to be anything other than one > coming from a sense of curiosity. I don't mean to suggest anything about the > fBSD ports system. Perhaps my experience is the result of my own oversight. > > Just to be clear, here are the steps I took: > 1) #portsnap fetch > 2) #portsnap extract > 3) #portsnap update > 4) #pkgdb -u > 5) #pkgdb -F > 6) #portupgrade -av That looks OK to me (I don't use portsnap, mind you). > > As I noted in another post, some ports fail to upgrade when using > portupgrade -a, no matter how many times it is run. However, they (those > that fail), along with their dependencies, do upgrade when portupgraded > individually (or de/reinstalled). I thought the purpose of having a ports > system, where you install the ports tree and use portupgrade, was to make > the install/upgrade easy and rather painless, such that all ports and their > dependencies are "taken care of." If you do: $ pkg_info | wc -l you'll see that you've got a lot of ports and portupgrade does a pretty good job of upgrading the vast majority of them without any hand holding. Keeping application software uptodate on any platform is problematic and there are inevitably some bits that you have to troubleshoot. > > As I write this I am running portupgrade individually, on those ports that > failed to upgrade with -a option, but have (so far) succeeded in upgrading > individually. I am simply looking at the output of pkg_version to find those > that are not up-to-date. Use portversion (it's quicker): $ portversion | grep "<" > > I could see if ports failed to upgrade or were ignored due to there being no > diff between what's installed and that which is in the updated tree. > > Can someone shed some light on this? Thanks a lot for taking the time. > > -Neal Neal, you're doing OK! You just mixed up packages and ports. Whilst theoretically possible, in practice it results in problems - certainly with portupgrade. portupgrade is a good tool and if you stick to it with just ports you wont go far wrong. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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