From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 29 14:10:27 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A277C16A41F for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2005 14:10:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from grog.secure-computing.net (grog.secure-computing.net [216.243.161.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05E8A43D46 for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2005 14:10:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (snipe.secure-computing.net [216.243.161.77]) (authenticated bits=0) by grog.secure-computing.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j9TEAZPM055207 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:10:36 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=grog; d=secure-computing.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc: content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer:x-spam-status:x-spam-checker-version; b=BBOcTe47uBl5jFIZSW0Ic8a9hzTx2imC2fx25vVRxdTNVtVoyRfy0ml9TiyPLRZR+ 86Nl/wGsJDmyBoUu2djbw== In-Reply-To: References: <6FB767AE-D4D7-4C38-90C0-726D48AF5654@secure-computing.net> <200510281922.16495.ringworm01@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <19A2A3C1-0592-46BB-BA29-6476DD300FEF@secure-computing.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Eric F Crist Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:10:17 -0500 To: John DeStefano X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.6 required=4.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on grog.secure-computing.net Cc: "Michael C. Shultz" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade stale dependencies X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 14:10:27 -0000 > I ended up deinstalling that apache installation (which I was not keen > on doing), and installing the apache20 port (which was the same > version (2.0.55) as the apache2 port ), and, thankfully, it's > working fine. I'm also now able to run both 'pkgdb -F'and 'portsdb > -Uu' without ANY errors (except for a few 'Duplicate INDEX entry' > warnings). > > Needless to say, this process wasn't much fun. What can I do to keep > this from happening again? What can/can't I safely include in cron to > automate database and index maintenance? > > Thanks to all. What I do for critical system ports is a manual upgrade. I have never trusted any of the port management tools. I suggest you pay attention to bugtracker and some other sites. When you see a compelling reason to upgrade, do it manually. The process I use is what I described in an earlier post: #cd /usr/ports/port-to-upgrade && make deinstall #make install # HTH ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks http://www.secure-computing.net