From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 5 18:33:35 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8249C16A405 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:33:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: from smtp111.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp111.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.229.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2E32D13C4C1 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:33:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: (qmail 13601 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2007 18:33:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.mikestammer.com) (mikestammer@sbcglobal.net@70.131.134.249 with login) by smtp111.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 Feb 2007 18:33:32 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: O7azM9sVM1mMZQINyvwQ_Mm_3jqxkIAnQMAfrUy5EUMMNdhU802fuFS0_pnlsKsYAhJBW3g_d6wX6GFtR5tlj32gXFpE4jMOM_xxb3jOj1X6q8WwsKJqnJVZiY0gSBUqIJQbQiaCvTh6HQ-- Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E8D61146E; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:33:31 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mikestammer.com Received: from mail.mikestammer.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gondolin.middleearth.mikestammer.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id dRcKcttd-XNE; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:33:27 -0600 (CST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: eric) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11E731141B; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:33:27 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <45C77875.7030200@mikestammer.com> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:33:25 -0600 From: Eric User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0b2 (Windows/20070116) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: White Hat References: <907502.10762.qm@web34404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <907502.10762.qm@web34404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Users Questions Subject: Re: Portmanager - not working after ports change X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:33:35 -0000 White Hat wrote: > There was a change in the ports system - > /usr/ports/UPDATING 20070205 - which now renders > portmanager unable to run correctly. While it is > possible to update a single port; i.e., "portmanager > /path/to-port/", if I attempt to do a general ports > update; i.e., "portmanager -u", I receive the > following error message: > > percentDone-=>0 = 100 - ( 100 * ( oldPortsDbQTY-=>6 / > oldPortsDbTOTALIZER-=>6 )) > cd: can't cd to /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager > rBsdPortMkPatch 0.4.1_7 error: bsd.port.mk > /usr/ports/Mk unable to restored from back up cp > /usr/local/share/portmanager/bsd.port.mk-BACKUP > /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk > > I tried deinstalling portmanager and then installing > it from its new port directory; however, that failed > to alleviate the problem. > > Has anyone else experienced this problem, and perhaps > have a solution? > > Thanks! > > i recommend switching to portmaster. its actively maintained and a lot better than portmanager