Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:31:10 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Doug Barton" <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org>, ports@freebsd.org, John Hay <jhay@meraka.org.za>, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: GNOME 2.16.1 has been committed Message-ID: <op.thf6x8em9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <4531BEF0.5040907@FreeBSD.org> References: <1160818961.8394.89.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <op.thfavyaa9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20061014201442.GA33885@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <4531BEF0.5040907@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:54:08 -0500, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > John Hay wrote: >> It looks like ports/UPDATING is mixing sysutils/portmanager and >> portmaster in the 20061014 part that tells how to update gnome. Is >> that on purpose? > > The entry says this: > > 20061014: > AFFECTS: All GNOME users > AUTHOR: gnome@FreeBSD.org > > GNOME has been updated to 2.16 and all GNOME components have been > moved from X11BASE to LOCALBASE, to upgrade your GNOME desktop and > applications you will need either sysutils/portupgrade or > sysutils/portmaster. > > Portupgrade users: > pkgdb -Ff > portupgrade -rf glib-2\* cairo gnome-doc-utils gnome-mime-data \ > gnome-audio startup-notification dbus > > Portmaster users: > portmaster -r pkg-config\* > > > The introductory paragraph says "either/or," so it seems pretty clear to > me that if you use portupgrade, do X; if you use portmaster, do Y. I'm > sure however that if you have suggestions for improving that paragraph, > the gnome folks would like to hear them. :) > > For those that choose to use portmaster to do the upgrade, first of all, > thanks. :) Second, please make sure that you use the latest version > (1.9), and do NOT attempt this with earlier versions. If you do, it will > fail in a spectacular and painful fashion. I worked closely with mezz to > make sure that portmaster would Do The Right Thing for this upgrade, and > found and fixed several problems with the way -r was handled previously > in the process. I have added an important sentence in UPDATING about that need to have least 1.9 version of portmaster to have the upgrade success. Thanks for remind! :-) portmaster rocks! Cheers, Mezz > One last thing, you will probably be happier if you add either -d (to > delete all stale distfiles) or -D (to not delete any distfiles) to the > beginning of your command line for portmaster. That way once you get > past the 'make config' stage and actually start building stuff, you > _probably_ won't have to answer any more questions. Also, given that if > this update fails part way through, a backup package of the old port > probably won't help you, you could save yourself some time by using the > -G option as well. > > In the unlikely *cough* event that portmaster chokes a bunny while doing > this upgrade for you, please feel free to send a message to the list, > and cc: me. I do pay attention to those messages, but given my real > world commitments at this time, you might very well get the right answer > faster from someone on the -ports@ list before I could provide it. > > > hth, > > Doug -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team - FreeBSD Multimedia Hat (ports, not src) http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org http://wiki.freebsd.org/multimedia - multimedia@FreeBSD.org
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