From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 24 0:14:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.getnet.net (mail.getnet.net [63.137.32.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7D3DA37B417 for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2002 00:14:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 6409 invoked from network); 24 Apr 2002 07:14:52 -0000 Received: from 216-19-216-10.getnet.net (HELO sunny.localdomain) (216.19.216.10) by 0 with SMTP; 24 Apr 2002 07:14:52 -0000 Received: (from rooot@localhost) by sunny.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g3O7EVK55037 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 24 Apr 2002 00:14:31 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from swive@getnet.com) X-Authentication-Warning: sunny.localdomain: rooot set sender to swive@getnet.com using -f Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 00:14:31 -0700 From: Eric To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: dependencies: please help me Message-ID: <20020424001431.A52980@sunny.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I want to switch permanently to FBSD. I cannot do so however unless I learn how to patch my system for security holes. Hence, I am trying to "master" either the pkg_add or ports system. And I have been trying to do so for weeks now and I am so frustrated because it seems I always run into dependency problems (under ports) or some other problem (under pkg_add) when I try to upgrade. I am able to use ports successfully for small packages, but I have been trying to upgrade gnome for 2 weeks. First I did simply "portupgrade gnome". That did not work (dependency problem) so I tried to install the dependencies FIRST. That does not work either. I have different problems each time. And when I write to the list, I guess I am not able to communicate effectively what is the problem because the suggestions I get, if any, don't seem to work. How can I solve this problem? I.e., the problem of simply fixing security holes. I cannot switch unless I can do this and I cannot see how to get past this problem. There is no BSD support group in my city and I have tried to obtain help at the local university but to no avail. What can I do, in general, to fix this? Eric To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message