From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 2 21:37:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E00A106566B for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2008 21:37:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-ports@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E30CF8FC16 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2008 21:37:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-ports@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JVvrr-0007LX-HY for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:37:11 +0000 Received: from p5b0cdd97.dip.t-dialin.net ([91.12.221.151]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:37:11 +0000 Received: from jumper99 by p5b0cdd97.dip.t-dialin.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:37:11 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org From: "Helmut Schneider" Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 22:37:04 +0100 Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <20080302140605.T58998@freeman.4gh.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p5b0cdd97.dip.t-dialin.net X-Newsreader: vi with a tiny GUI... X-MimeOLE: Huh, what?! Sender: news Subject: Re: [portupgrade] Argument must be String class object X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:37:15 -0000 Stuart Barkley wrote: > On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 at 16:05 +0100, Helmut Schneider wrote: > >> I have a few problems with portupgrade, some ports fail with error above: >> >> [root@FBSD70VM ~]# portupgrade -fPP snort-2.7.0.1_1 postfix-2.4.6,1 >> apache-2.0.63 ** Listing the failed packages (-:ignored / *:skipped / >> !:failed) ! www/apache20 (apache-2.0.63) (Argument must be String >> class object.) ! security/snort (snort-2.7.0.1_1) (Argument must >> be String class object.) ! mail/postfix (postfix-2.4.6,1) >> (Argument must be String class object.) [root@FBSD70VM ~]# > > I've been seeing the same problem lately (probably since the update to > 2.4). It seems to be related to having MAKE_ARGS overrides set in > /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf. So far I haven't looked much further at > this problem since portupgrade is being actively worked upon by > others. > > I build packages on one machine and then use the packages to install > on my various other machines. I use the same pkgtools.conf on each > machine. I created a PR. -- No Swen today, my love has gone away My mailbox stands for lorn, a symbol of the dawn