Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:39:52 +0800 From: Ganbold <ganbold@micom.mng.net> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gnome update Message-ID: <453D7CF8.2080404@micom.mng.net> In-Reply-To: <453D0770.4000308@FreeBSD.org> References: <453C95A0.8040704@micom.mng.net> <453D0770.4000308@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > Ganbold wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to update gnome to 2.16 using portmaster for more than 3 >> days :( > > I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble. Are you sure you're > using the latest version of portmaster (1.9)? Yes. > >> 1. Every time after some error when I try to run portmaster -r >> pkg-config\* >> it starts from the beginning. Maybe there is some option to skip >> updated ports. How to tell portmaster to skip updated ports? > > By definition the -r flag means "update the ports that depend on this > port no matter what." Jeremy's suggestion of using the -i flag is a > good one though. You will only have to enter your choices (to build a > port or not) only one time, during the 'make config' stage. ok, but how do I know whether particular port was updated or not, if I didn't check before the port version? > >> 2. After upgrading some port it asks whether to delete the source >> file or not. I don't want to press button everytime. >> Is it possible to have option something like '[y][n][Allyes][allnO]'? > > Please read the man page for portmaster. I've tried to thoroughly > document its behavior and options. > >> 3. While portmaster running, I manually updated libtheora port. When >> portmaster reaches libtheora, it stops with error. > > It's not really a good idea to do that, but it's impossible to advise > you without knowing what the error was. When you make install certain port it complains to deinstall and reinstall again. So this is the error I forgot to mention. > >> Is it possible for portmaster to give user some choices in this case >> like "[Skip]..."? > > That depends. I'm looking at ways to give the user the option to > continue if there is an error in _some_ situations, but the ports > system relies on a fundamental principle that everything is going to > work together, so if you have something that's not working, it would > be almost impossible to build the level of artificial intelligence > into portmaster to determine how serious the error is, or what to do > about it. That's really the sysadmin's job. Yeah, I guess you are maybe right. I will try again my gnome update procedure. thanks, Ganbold > > hope this helps, > > Doug >
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