From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 17 2:21: 8 2002 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 DE57237B401 for ; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 02:21:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B45643E77 for ; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 02:21:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAHAL3x2020007 for ; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:21:03 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gAHAKwiU020006 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:20:58 GMT Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:20:58 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bug in Packages dependency system in /stand/sysinstall Message-ID: <20021117102058.GB19147@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3DD6C497.6EAC83C0@Silver-Lynx.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DD6C497.6EAC83C0@Silver-Lynx.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_05_08, USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 03:20:07PM -0700, Don Wilde wrote: > I already have Apache 1.3.27 installed from source, but the 4.7-STABLE > dependency tree follower in /stand/sysinstall doesn't recognize it. The > package installer keeps downloading the package and aborting when trying > to install it. It just keeps looping, won't let me get past that > failure. The system used to just fail on the primary package install and > continue to let the rest of my packages be installed. Now, I can't see > what package it is that's not getting anywhere. > > Suggestions? You don't really provide enough detail for an specific response. What exactly are you trying to install, and what is the error message when it fails? When you say "installed from source", do you mean that you used the ports system to compile apache, or that you compiled it entirely outside the ports/pkg system? If it was the latter then I wouldn't characterise the effect you're seeing as a bug --- annoying, certainly, but this situation is outside the scope of what the ports system provides. In general, I'd advise you to wean yourself off using /stand/sysinstall for general maintenance purposes --- it's great at installing the system from scratch, but it was never really intended as a general purpose administration tool. Instead, try using the standard tools provided by the system --- pkg_add(1) in your case -- or what are pretty much the de facto new generation of standard tools, by which I mean portupgrade(1) and friends. Amongst other advantages these will produce more meaningful output if things go horribly wrong, and if that doesn't tell you straight away how to fix the problem then posting that output here will give us a fighting chance at helping you. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message