From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 2 05:39:53 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEA86D31 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 05:39:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kpaasial@gmail.com) Received: from mail-we0-x235.google.com (mail-we0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AAB3946 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 05:39:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f181.google.com with SMTP id d7so35066wer.40 for ; Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:39:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=LLFWWVybqwX2nhzs1lFsdvjGcj5/MkOCey9Vv76htgY=; b=GmPEdJ5zPVPONZ2zS1UpglVIbgY3Yv2mAtYmTcFSSj76CNhDPti352wGNzmW4dyuuy 5HzyXNokfueFH3Gy4h4n7x/10f7bgx3q+65u6x3c3JsCikbZFlOBYWHNOIUGyzC/rmyI URFcOvJaKpai7schVNmZBGI9pFBJjuyQ0c5QzmHK5KSopr53G7Bh0NW+/QJG7IAY4irs 1rP01C4HHNzFogsEJu53wLvF/yAWuvdnfXPkfVeiFkILKj9H9cMs96xr1/1j+C+d9KX6 4aWvj46uUruj02pcM1lSRQfceN60mbHAVnl5qHrstCAHndD4GHF/6P0FPpcs6IpAWT3w ARUQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.60.195 with SMTP id j3mr19065560wjr.33.1364881192585; Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:39:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.139.72 with HTTP; Mon, 1 Apr 2013 22:39:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130402050309.GA2357@tinyCurrent> References: <20130401144605.GA3932@tinyCurrent> <20130402050309.GA2357@tinyCurrent> Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 08:39:52 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: updating ports to HEAD From: Kimmo Paasiala To: Matthias Apitz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:39:53 -0000 On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El d=C3=ADa Monday, April 01, 2013 a las 08:54:59PM -0700, Kevin Oberman = escribi=C3=B3: > >> > Is there something in the base system of r235646 which would not allow >> > to do so, i.e. which is to old for HEAD of ports? >> > >> >> I'm not quite sure what you mean by "update /usr/ports with SVN to HEAD= ", >> since ports does not branch, so any time you "svn up /usr/potrts", it is >> updated to head. > > I used the term 'HEAD' because the SVN command I have used was: > > # svn co https://svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org/ports/head /usr/ports > >> Any version of FreeBSD 8 or newer should work fine with >> ports/head. Note that some ports will need to be compiled with gcc as n= ot >> all will work with clang. > > thanks; > >> >> Are you having a problem updating (or checking out) head or with some of >> the ports after the update? > > the system in question hast around 1200 ports compiled based on the CVS > checkout of ports on May 19 last year; I want to check if I could > compile Ekiga out of its GIT, wich needs gtk+3.4.x and other recent > stuff; I will just for a test rename /usr/local and /var/db/pkg, update > the ports to 'HEAD' and compile them again to see if this would solve > the problem and make Ekiga happy. > I hope for your sake that this machine is not open to the net with many services, using year old ports/packages is a death wish in such systems. In any case it's a good idea to update everything at least every two months about. -Kimmo