Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 02:59:49 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Dorin H <bj93542@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: defunct metacity-setup haunts my dependency list of gnome2 Message-ID: <1069747189.98733.61.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20031125075342.61568.qmail@web12603.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20031125075342.61568.qmail@web12603.mail.yahoo.com>
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--=-FTTEA1Sk+y0I/bgifKNA Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 02:53, Dorin H wrote: > What is the correct way to solve the dependency > problem in this case? > =20 > cvsup 2003.11.24, 11:00PM EDT (no refuse); make > index; portsdb -u >=20 > portversion -R gnome2=20 >=20 > shows a pesky dependency to metacity-setup. There is > no folder for the port, no package installed,=20 > portupgrade fails. I tried the the process twice. >=20 > Variations: I installed the package (pkg_add), but no > change (the port files are still missing and there is > only an empty package on FreeBSD ports webpage...). I > remove the package, nothing. Tried with pkgdb -F, > failed each attempt. >=20 > Finally, the solution: > manually change the +CONTENTS file from=20 > /var/db/pkg/gnome2-2.2.0/ to comment out the damn > metacity-setup dependency... >=20 > For the future, what would the the correct solution to > troubleshot this? pkg_deinstall -fO metacity-setup Then, run pkgdb -F, and delete the dependency. Joe >=20 > Thank you, > /Dorin.=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > http://companion.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-FTTEA1Sk+y0I/bgifKNA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/wwv1b2iPiv4Uz4cRAi4cAJ4qtOZGJBHABgleevxfIopS4yTbbwCglgtd cP1fIGnDKiwUNZSZzbn7Z4s= =1sP0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-FTTEA1Sk+y0I/bgifKNA--
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