From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 23 16:51:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3269E16A4CE for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:51:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ispmxmta05-srv.alltel.net (ispmxmta05-srv.alltel.net [166.102.165.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B038F43D41 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:51:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trey@fastmail.fm) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (really [69.40.75.206]) by ispmxmta05-srv.alltel.net with ESMTP <20050123165131.YHWJ12857.ispmxmta05-srv.alltel.net@[192.168.0.2]>; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:51:31 -0600 From: Trey Sizemore To: "Michael C. Shultz" In-Reply-To: <200501230841.10791.reso3w83@verizon.net> References: <1106443760.1123.7.camel@localhost> <200501230830.51867.reso3w83@verizon.net> <1106498400.61888.3.camel@localhost> <200501230841.10791.reso3w83@verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:53:31 -0500 Message-Id: <1106499211.61888.7.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE issues after recent portupgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:51:33 -0000 On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 08:41 -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > Yes. portupgrade screws up the port registration files when you run > pkgdb -F. These are the files in /var/db/pkg/{portname}/+CONTENTS > > Portmanager does not mess with the registration files and can usually > straighten out the damage caused by pkgdb -F. As portmanager runs it > gives you good feedback on what it is doing and why, and if you > disagree or just question something it is perfectly safe to ctrl-C > out > of it. When start again and it will just pick up from when you left > off. So as a general rule, it appears I would just cvsup my ports as usual and then use 'portmanager -u' rather than 'portupgrade -arR'. No more need for portsdb -u and pkgdb -F then? -- Cheers, Trey --- Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit. -- Aristotle 11:50AM up 3:18, 0 users, load averages: 0.05, 0.07, 0.07 FreeBSD salamander.thesizemores.net 5.3-STABLE i386