From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 21 18:44:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 E074F16A4DE for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:44:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 211FF43D46 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:44:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 70so286955wra for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:44:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.75.14 with SMTP id x14mr3778096wxa; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:44:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net ( [67.189.184.224]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id h11sm3413545wxd.2006.08.21.11.44.55; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:44:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC216C3BC for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:44:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 142B3C3BA for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:44:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by scorpio.seibercom.net (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k7LIiojl003305 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:44:51 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) From: Gerard Seibert Organization: Seibercom.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:44:38 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: In-Reply-To: X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(=?utf-8?q?gxJxxc=0A=09RnSNPNr*/=5E=7EStawWU9KDJ-CT0k=24f=23?=@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart12706536.ctpEBP8sCD"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200608211444.50152.gerard@seibercom.net> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Re: (no subject) Was: Re: Why This Infinite Loop?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gerard@seibercom.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:44:57 -0000 --nextPart12706536.ctpEBP8sCD Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 21 August 2006 13:55, apredoehl@go.mailsvc.com wrote: > On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:14:10 -0400 beno wrote: > >Gerard Seibert wrote: > >> To update portmanager, assuming you have an > >> up-to-date port system: > >> > >> cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager > >> male install & make clean > > > >Well, here's exactly what I'm doing: > > > >cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager > > > >make install > >make clean > >/usr/local/bin/portmanager -u -f -l -y > > > >and then it proceeds to go back into its infinite > >loop!!! This is what I'm trying to avoid!!! I > >presume the reason it does that is because it > >HASN'T upgraded and is STILL at version 0.2.0_1 > > Caution: I am new at answering questions, so someone > please chime in if I make a mistake. > > beno, here is a guess: the reason this is happening is > that your ports tree (that is, /usr/ports/*) is probably > old. The version numbers, checksums, and much more, for > EVERY port is stored in the ports tree. Unless you update > your ports tree, just deinstalling and reinstalling a port > won't make it any newer. > > There are a few ways to update your ports tree. Chapter 4 > of the handbook describes a few ways. Personally I like > to use cvsup(1). > > If you use cvsup(1) you can either update your entire > ports tree or just part of it. Here is text straight out > of the handbook > (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.ht= ml >) > > "...As root, copy /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile > to a new location, such as /root or your home directory. > > Edit ports-supfile. > > Change CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org to a CVSup server near you. > See CVSup Mirrors (Section A.5.7) for a complete listing > of mirror sites. > > And now to run cvsup, use the following: > # cvsup -L 2 /root/ports-supfile > " > > This might take awhile. You'll see your ports tree > getting files added, changed, and removed. After it is > done, THEN try deinstalling, building, and reinstalling > portmanager, or portupgrade, or whatever. > > If you don't want to modify your whole ports tree, you can > edit ports-supfile a bit more and restrict the changes to > just the sysutils directory -- look inside the file for > helpful comments on how to do this. IMHO, it might be a lot easier for him to use portsnap. Especially if he is= =20 not familiar with the FBSD ports system. Just my opinion though. =2D-=20 Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net Woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool. Cervantes --nextPart12706536.ctpEBP8sCD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBE6f8hs3R1WQUU6lgRAqZaAKCz2RrSBp8+dFT7uvO9cOWvEevmtgCg3exy 2dvSW2gulR/KcPtvcrXR8YI= =lD57 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart12706536.ctpEBP8sCD--