From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 24 06:38:34 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5FA3DF1E for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:38:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-x22b.google.com (mail-ie0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 219691D6 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:38:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iecvj10 with SMTP id vj10so53512548iec.0 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 2015 23:38:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=hwZVYt8/DJQlIOgrnxtgOGd/Qn3XG4nNs+wHl7QOo8Q=; b=VHVMvtgvuZ0VFl6Nx/sgm+U3o5db0JiPZPvdTCSDzssjQj3JOb4dJpUMeDs9fJ6PjO HT5mL6it9LHZm31TZWh5rArKCk4ik9HIAmhdn2aC/AQ6gfV/YK7PVQjIBUJ5+i348et9 2ujS0mHvp4wAs1rP0tSfbFiC2HwtU/tfCQCvLiBLOEslGnt8rQBr7Qv5rEJouj7llB6X VsA/trsWjm5uE2D29s8J3Yr0nU3TeTpxS2CfjploviQhf4eLdJHqsEaKGLPniFGKUtzi YD9OuggTcMiUobPkZupanrXIMA83rdkm8nftadL/0onVHgNd6hAtvOvf8BTWCE7cMP2R O9sw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.66.198 with SMTP id h6mr19626087igt.35.1427179113521; Mon, 23 Mar 2015 23:38:33 -0700 (PDT) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.174.86 with HTTP; Mon, 23 Mar 2015 23:38:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <66d2890a12752bb48480766ae2c19596@ultimatedns.net> References: <66d2890a12752bb48480766ae2c19596@ultimatedns.net> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 23:38:33 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: nlk7mIeZd4lJpm00Og9vhoK_XCE Message-ID: Subject: Re: Fixing a busted ports area From: Kevin Oberman To: Chris H Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: Dave Horsfall , FreeBSD Ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:38:34 -0000 On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 10:41 PM, Chris H wrote: > On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:26:30 +1100 (EST) Dave Horsfall > wrote > > > FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p10 (GENERIC) #0: Tue Feb 24 21:01:19 UTC 2015 > > > > The ports area is broken, due to what I guess was a mangled upgrade path > > from FreeBSD 8.x. For example, when installing cups-client, I get: > > > > pkg-static: pkgconf-0.9.7 conflicts with pkg-config-0.25_1 (installs > files > > into the same place). Problematic file: /usr/local/bin/pkg-config > > *** [fake-pkg] Error code 70 > > > > It's not clear to me how to fix this. Is the simplest way to just remove > > (or move) /usr/ports, install it from CD, then upgrade? I have quite a > > few ports installed. > You haven't been too specific as to your upgrade path. > But sometimes it's as easy as changing to the offending > ports folder, and issuing a make deinstall. Then attempting > whatever upgrade procedure you following at the time of the > incident. > However, if this same type of error persists unreasonably. > You may require more drastic measures, to overcome the issue(s). > > --Chris > > You rally need to check out /usr/ports/UPDATING. Take a look at 20120726 If you are making this big a jump, you will likely hit a few more of these, -- Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com