From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Mar 29 20:04:53 2007
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BB8216A405;
	Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:04:53 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from rnoland@2hip.net)
Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7356B13C43E;
	Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:04:52 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from rnoland@2hip.net)
Received: from [63.251.67.21] (rnoland-ibm.acs.internap.com [63.251.67.21])
	(authenticated bits=0)
	by gizmo.2hip.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l2TJTIJP084381
	(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO);
	Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:29:18 -0400 (EDT)
	(envelope-from rnoland@2hip.net)
From: Robert Noland <rnoland@2hip.net>
To: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <460C0997.7000104@freebsd.org>
References: <460C0997.7000104@freebsd.org>
Content-Type: text/plain
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:29:13 -0400
Message-Id: <1175196553.63404.2.camel@rnoland-ibm.acs.internap.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.0 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port 
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham
	version=3.1.8
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on gizmo.2hip.net
Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: portmaster and portmanager disagree
X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD <freebsd-ports.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports>,
	<mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports>,
	<mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:04:53 -0000

On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 19:46 +0100, Mark Ovens wrote:
> Tried updating all my ports - all 439 of them - sing ``portmanager -u''. 
> Numerous failures, conflicts etc. as usual. Got most of them sorted but 
> ``portmanager -s'' still reports a load as MISSING, but they aren't; the 
> directories are in /var/db/pkg and the apps work.

I suspect that one of your /var/db/pkg entries is corrupt, try doing a
"pkg_info" and note any errors that get reported.  Manually rebuild the
port with the corrupted entry and then try portmanager again.

robert.

> portmanager(1) builds and installs them (successfully), then immediately 
> rebuilds and installs. It does this three times the gives up saying the 
> builds are looping.
> 
> Tried portmaster(1) instead using the style ``portmaster -p 
> print/acroread''. Even though they are installed, it rebuilt and 
> installed them (only once, so better than portmanager).
> 
> However, ``portmanager -s'' *still* reports them as missing - argghh!!
> 
> Is something screwed in my ports tree or /var/db/pkg?
> 
> I'm getting so fed up of upgrading ports being a marathon exercise 
> everytime I do it that I'm beginning to wonder if it's time to uninstall 
> *every* port on my system, zap /usr/ports, and start again from scratch, 
> but that's the Windows way, not the Unix way so I've so far resisted 
> doing it.
> 
> Any help in getting my system sorted out would be much appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"