Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 15:06:12 -0700 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "Joey Mingrone" <mingrone@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help With Portupgrade/Ports Mess Please Message-ID: <033a01c310f7$0fd1f390$6e2a6ba5@tagalong> References: <Sea2-F39PeLjCdclVXO0001fc69@hotmail.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Joey Mingrone" <mingrone@hotmail.com> To: <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 2:52 PM Subject: Re: Help With Portupgrade/Ports Mess Please > have you tried a "portsdb -Uu" to rebuild your indices? Yes I did. Sorry I forgot to post that. Drew > >I'm not sure what I've done but I'll describe my symptoms. I'm running > >4.8-RELEASE with a Gnome2 desktop and the dependent ports. The only > >additional ports I've installed are cvsup-without-gui, portupgrade, > >mplayer, > >evolution, galeon, and their dependencies. Everything was installed by > >portupgrade except portupgrade itself. Everything was running along fine > >until I decided to use portupgrade to upgrade my installed ports. > > > >It doesn't seem to matter which port I pick to upgrade, I get the same > >result. In my latest attempt, I tried to upgrade > >XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_1. > >Here is the error: > > > >pkg_delete: package 'XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_1' doesn't have a prefix > >** The following packages were not deinstalled (*:skipped / !:failed) > > ! XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_1 (pkg_delete failed) > >** The following packages were not installed or upgraded (*:skipped / > >!:failed) > > ! x11/XFree86-4-libraries (XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_1) (uninstall > >error) > > > >Now at this point, anything else I try to do with portupgrade tells me that > >I have stale dependencies and to run 'pkgdb -f' which I do and get many > >messages such as this: > > > >Stale dependency: xenostep-200011270836_1 -> XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_3 > >(x11/XFree86-4-libraries): > >Fixed. (-> XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_1) > > > >And then the process repeats itself no matter what port I try to upgrade. > >Another anomoly is that a 'pkg_info' command shows the following in > >addition > >to the normal output: > > > >pkg_info: can't find package 'freetype2-2.1.4' installed or in a file! > >pkg_info: can't find package 'glib-1.2.10_8' installed or in a file! > >pkg_info: can't find package 'glib-2.2.1' installed or in a file! > >pkg_info: can't find package 'libxml2-2.5.6' installed or in a file! > >pkg_info: can't find package 'nspr-4.3' installed or in a file! > > > >I've tried removing and reinstalling these ports both within portupgrade > >and > >separately using 'make deinstall', 'make clean', and 'make install' but am > >still having these symptoms. > > > >Anyway, if anyone has ideas on what I may have screwed up I'd really like > >to > >know so I can fix my mess and learn something along the way. But if not I > >can remove everything and start over as this is just a box I am playing > >with. > > > >Thanks for your suggestions!!! > > > >Drew > > > > > > > >I would like to understand what is going on and fix it rather than just > >removing everything and starting over. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > >
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