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Date:      Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:46:27 -0400
From:      "Josh Hanson" <JoshHanson@capriomgt.com>
To:        "Robert Noland" <rnoland@2hip.net>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Portmanager stuck in a loop
Message-ID:  <7E88CE27089FBA4DAF28262B761808863FD6FF@MAIL01.caprio.corp>
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Ok, so I tried running "portmanager -u -p -l -y".

It built a lot of ports, then got stuck again on xorg-server over and
over. The log file looks the same as my first post.

-- Josh


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Noland [mailto:rnoland@2hip.net]=20
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 10:34 AM
To: Josh Hanson
Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Portmanager stuck in a loop

On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 15:54 -0400, Josh Hanson wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I'm setting up a fresh installation of freebsd, and portmanager keeps
> getting stuck in a loop while trying to upgrade ports.
>=20
> I ran "portmanager -u -l" with several dozen ports to upgrade. It
seemed
> to successfully upgrade quite a few ports; for several ports, it
brought
> up the menu with configuration options, and I always just left the
> defaults.
>=20
> Eventually, I noticed it brought up some familiar-looking
configuration
> screens. Soon, it was simply cycling through the same 3 ports'
> configuration screens repeatedly. The log shows messages for each port
> (repeatedly) saying, "options changed so returning [port name] to out
of
> date pool".

Some of the port system optimizations caused a situation where a port
can be left dependent on multiple versions of the same origin. (Through
recursive dependencies)  As a result, portmanager will continue to try
and update the port.  I need to do something of an overhaul of
portmanager, but other projects are consuming most of my free time
lately.

If you use the -p (pristine) flag, portmanager will avoid this issue by
ensuring that all ports are updated in order, no matter how deep in the
dependency tree.

FWIW, my usage of portmanager is "portmanager -u -p -l -y".

robert.

> I tried manually installing those 3 ports; each said it was already
> installed, so I did a "make uninstall" then "make install" for each
one,
> and ran portmanager again. It continued to run just fine, upgrading
more
> ports, then hit the same sort of loop with another set of ports. I
> upgraded those manually and tried again; each time I installed some
> ports manually, portmanager would get stuck repeating one or more
ports.
>=20
> Background: I had just done a full install from the freebsd CDs,
> including every standard package except the source code. I then ran
> portsnap, then installed both portupgrade and portmanager, but after a
> bit of reading decided to use portmanager. Portmanager listed several
> dozen installed ports with updates available. When I ran it, I
> encountered the above issues.
>=20
> An excerpt from the most recent (odd-looking) log file is below.
Notice
> that it's repeating the same port over and over.
>=20
> PS: I'm fairly new to FreeBSD, so if I'm missing something obvious or
> asking this question to the wrong place, please let me know. (Though,
> even if I'm doing something wrong, there seems to be a bug in
> portmanager, which is clearly not exhibiting the intended behavior.)
>=20
> -- Josh
>=20
>=20
> Log file follows:
> =20
>
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> portmanager 0.4.1_9
> FreeBSD noc.caprio.corp 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24
> 19:59:52 UTC 2008
>     root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
> autoConflicts              0  autoMoved                  0
> backUp                     0  buildDependsAreLeaves      0
> forced                     0  interactive                0
> log                        1  pmMode                     0
> pristine                   0  resume                     0
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Thu Jun 26 01:04:38 2008
>  xorg-server-1.4_4,1                 /x11-servers/xorg-server     =20
>     OLD                                 xorg-server-1.4.2,1
> /x11-servers/xorg-server     =20
>=20
> Thu Jun 26 01:05:23 2008
>  options changed so returning        xorg-server-1.4_4,1          =20
>     /x11-servers/xorg-server             to out of date pool
>=20
>=20
> Thu Jun 26 01:05:31 2008
>  xorg-server-1.4_4,1                 /x11-servers/xorg-server     =20
>     OLD                                 xorg-server-1.4.2,1
> /x11-servers/xorg-server     =20
>=20
> Thu Jun 26 01:05:36 2008
>  options changed so returning        xorg-server-1.4_4,1          =20
>     /x11-servers/xorg-server             to out of date pool
>=20
>=20
> Thu Jun 26 01:05:44 2008
>  xorg-server-1.4_4,1                 /x11-servers/xorg-server     =20
>     OLD                                 xorg-server-1.4.2,1
> /x11-servers/xorg-server     =20
>=20
> Thu Jun 26 01:05:49 2008
>  options changed so returning        xorg-server-1.4_4,1          =20
>     /x11-servers/xorg-server             to out of date pool
>=20
>=20
> Thu Jun 26 01:05:57 2008
>  xorg-server-1.4_4,1                 /x11-servers/xorg-server     =20
>     OLD                                 xorg-server-1.4.2,1
> /x11-servers/xorg-server     =20
>=20
> Thu Jun 26 01:06:01 2008
>  options changed so returning        xorg-server-1.4_4,1          =20
>     /x11-servers/xorg-server             to out of date pool
>=20
>=20
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--=20
Robert Noland <rnoland@2hip.net>
2Hip Networks




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