From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 26 22:38:12 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E55AB16A473 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:38:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout5.cac.washington.edu (mxout5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C703B13C478 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:38:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout5.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.09) with ESMTP id lBQMcCS7001367 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:38:12 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.5.249] (lodovico.cs.washington.edu [128.208.5.249]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.09) with ESMTP id lBQMcBHe024652 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:38:11 -0800 Message-ID: <4772D7DA.6080804@u.washington.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:38:18 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" References: <200712262230.lBQMUXkx087154@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> In-Reply-To: <200712262230.lBQMUXkx087154@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.3.310218, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.2.313940, Antispam-Data: 2007.12.26.142337 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-ports] autoconf install not playing well? (more info) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:38:13 -0000 Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm going through upgrading 1/2 a zillion ports on >> a machine, and while I was doing it all of a sudden I got >> notification the server was not responding. It seems >> /usr/local/bin/perl no longer existed. I went and checked >> my /usr/local/bin and only found : >> >> asgard# ls >> autoconf-2.53 autom4te-2.53 autoscan-2.53 ifnames-2.53 >> autoheader-2.53 autoreconf-2.53 autoupdate-2.53 >> >> >> The other thing I noticed is that there were 3 >> other directories that seemed ONLY to have autoconf stuff: >> >> info, man, share >> >> It seems it took my soft links that I used for all >> those directories, deleted them, created new directories, >> and installed the software. >> >> Can anyone verify this? If so, WHY? Why would it >> care? I'll spend the time re-copying all the files over >> where they belong and continue on my upgrade... >> >> Thanks, Tuc >> >> [...] > How do I tell the system to consider that I don't > have 2.53 anymore, just delete /var/db/pkg/autoconf-2.53_4 ? > (I also have autoconf-2.59_3, how to do the same for that?) > > Thanks, Tuc pkg_delete(1) would be a far more elegant solution to that question. -Garrett