Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 00:24:15 -0400 From: parv <parv_fm@emailgroups.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Weird messages during 'pkgdb -F' Message-ID: <20030707042415.GA40247@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20030705070411.GA27730@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <200307042348.13429.michaela@maa-net.net> <20030705070411.GA27730@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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in message <20030705070411.GA27730@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>, wrote Matthew Seaman thusly... > > If you haven't got fontconfig installed at all, then you need to > install it to fulfil the dependencies of the other ports you've > installed. However, catch22: portupgrade(1) will require you to > sort out the problems with the pkgdb *before* you can use it to > reinstall fontconfig. In this case, the trick is to go back into > pkgdb as above and delete the dependency on fontconfig -- ie type > Ctrl-D at the first 'New Dependency?' prompt. No catch-22 if (assuming bourne-like shell)... cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/fontconfig \ && make install clean \ && pkgdb -F - Parv -- A programmer, budding Unix system administrator, and amateur photographer ISO employment... http://www103.pair.com/parv/work/
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