Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:20:10 GMT From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> To: gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/113307: textproc/docbook-sk 4.2.1.4 needs to be completely removed Message-ID: <200706110820.l5B8KAdL003965@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/113307; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org>
To: Joe Kelsey <joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us>
Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: ports/113307: textproc/docbook-sk 4.2.1.4 needs
to be completely removed
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:16:04 +0200
> >>> I see the files are already registered with the catalog on your
> >>> machines. Can you try with pkg_which(1), what port claims their
> >>> ownership?
> >>>
> >>> pkg_which /usr/local/share/xml/docbook/4.1.2/dbpoolx.mod
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> ?
> >>
> >>
> >> I suspect it returns ? because I have had to run pkgdb -F and remove all
> >> docbook-sk dependencies.
> >>
> >
> > ? means stray file, not registered with any package.
> >
> > So you basically have to clean up your machine to
> >
> > 1) have no stray files under /usr/local
> > 2) have no catalog registrations for these files
> >
> > All docbook ports should de-register from catalog on deinstall.
> > How exactly you removed them last time?
> >
> >
> What you say makes no sense at all to me.
>
> What exactly do you mean? I am not oware of any stray files anywhere on
> my machine or how I would classify a file as being "stary" or not.
If `pkg_which file' call returns `?' for file under /usr/local, the file
is stray and have no business being present.
> I sent you my catalog files. Is there anything in the catalog files which
> looks "stray" to you?
If the catalog file references file, which return `?' on pkg_which call,
these lines must be removed together with the files.
You haven't answered my question - how do you deinstalled docbook-sk
port last time?
> As
> far as I am concerned, docbook ports are ALL fundamentally broken since
> I cannot upgrade any of them without a great deal of pain and suffering.
You don't say.
--
Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz>
<pav@FreeBSD.org>
Stupidity got us into this mess -- why can't it get us out?
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