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Date:      Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:02:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Darrel <levitch@iglou.com>
To:        Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   [solved]:   pkgng | portmaster
Message-ID:  <alpine.GSO.2.00.1210161159320.23421@shell1>
In-Reply-To: <507C5292.4050604@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <alpine.GSO.2.00.1210151312020.14501@shell1> <507C5292.4050604@FreeBSD.org>

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>> Hello,
>>
>> Concerning the new pkg system, I reckon that my port updates can take a
>> drought.
>>
>> Would it be best to deinstall portmaster for now?  Portmaster typically
>> updates itself, but this might be a special case.
>>
>> Currently, my postmaster run ends like this:
>>
>> ===>>> Cannot continue
>> ===>>> Aborting update
>>
>>         ===>>> No ORIGIN in /var/db/pkg/portmaster-3.14/+CONTENTS
>>
>>         ===>>> No ORIGIN in /var/db/pkg/postgresql-client-9.2.1/+CONTENTS
>>
>>         ===>>> No ORIGIN in /var/db/pkg/postgresql-docs-9.2.1/+CONTENTS
>>
>>         ===>>> No ORIGIN in /var/db/pkg/postgresql-server-9.2.1/+CONTENTS
>>
>> Terminated
>> (48) @ 12:58:40>
>
> Did you apply the pkgng compatibility patch to portmaster?  It's
> available in ports-mgmt/portmaster now if you select the option in the
> config dialogue.
>

Yes, I found the patch.

> Once patched, portmaster should interoperate with pkgng pretty smoothly.
> Certainly it should be using pkgng's local.sqlite database to pull out
> package contents rather than trying to parse +CONTENTS files.
>

Thanks, Matthew!

Darrel



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