Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 14:31:12 -0800 (PST) From: "Scott I. Remick" <scott@sremick.net> To: "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: "Brandon D. Valentine" <brandon@dvalentine.com> Subject: Re: mpeg4ip requires IPv6? Message-ID: <20050106223112.57276.qmail@web53610.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200501061417.15822.reso3w83@verizon.net>
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--- "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net> wrote:
> portmanager uses /var/db/pkg/{portname}/+CONTENTS files which are built
> by the ports system when ports are installed and fudges nothing, if the
> CONTENTS file says a port was built with an out of date dependency then
> the port gets rebuilt.
>
> With portupgrade/pkgdb -F what happens is when dependencies and
> installed ports don't match, the +CONTENTS files is modified to say the
> port was built with whatever dependency is currently installed, even
> though it wasn't really built with that one. You've experienced the
> effects of ports built with out of date dependencies with your mpeg4ip
> experience.
Is there any way to get a complete new set of +CONTENTS files for all ports?
> yea, like I said its a short coming that will be addressed soon. If you
> decide to use portmanager make sure /var/db/pkg/openoffice* isn't there,
> move it someplace safe.
Will doing that break anything?
> > Good question. Perhaps because I have compat4x-i386-5.3
> > (misc/compat4x) installed?
>
> That would explain it, is that installed for a good reason?
Probably not. I bet I chose it way back during the install process of 5.0 or
5.1 not realizing the side-effects.
> Have you looked at
>
http://oootranslation.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/ooomisc/FreeBSD/
> yet? Its supposed to have up to date openoffice packages though I
> haven't checked out yet myself so I am not certain.
Wonder if they're built with the TTF_BYTECODE enabled? Suppose I can just
try.
Actually I'll probably uninstall OO for now until I get everything happy.
Question: How badly can I mess things up if I get carried away with
pkg_cutleaves/rmleaves?
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