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Date:      Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:05:34 -0600
From:      Andre Goree <andre@drenet.info>
To:        Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: libutempter
Message-ID:  <CAN-pd=deuZz39d0qbyeL=QkMYhmqt7pCnYtrNiQZo2EPtfnNdg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 14 Jan 2012 18:26, "Andre Goree" <andre@drenet.info> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:14:38 -0600, Henri Hennebert <hlh@restart.be>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On 01/14/2012 09:47, Andre Goree wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:58:13 -0600, Andre Goree <andre@drenet.info>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I recently csup'd 9-STABLE and was able to get it working along with
> my
> >>>> custom kernel.  I'm now in the process of rebuilding all my ports, and
> >>>> I've
> >>>> come across something when running 'portmaster -af' that I can't seem
> to
> >>>> find any information on.
> >>>>
> >>>> ===>>> Launching child to reinstall libutempter-1.1.5_1
> >>>>
> >>>> ===>>> Port directory: /usr/ports/sysutils/libutempter
> >>>>
> >>>>        ===>>> This port is marked IGNORE
> >>>>        ===>>> is now contained in the base system
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>        ===>>> If you are sure you can build it, remove the
> >>>>               IGNORE line in the Makefile and try again.
> >>>>
> >>>> ===>>> Update for libutempter-1.1.5_1 failed
> >>>> ===>>> Aborting update
> >>>>
> >>>> Terminated
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I figure, "ok I'll just delete the package and move on."  However,
> there
> >>>> are many packages I have installed that depend on libutemper.  I would
> >>>> still just proceed with the removal given that the functionality is
> >>>> provided in base now, however I don't want to break all these ports
> and
> >>>> have to deal with the mess when I portmaster -af again.
> >>>>
> >>>> What is the recommended action here?  Should I just force exclude that
> >>>> port
> >>>> from the upgrade?  That's probably the easiest way but I'd have to
> deal
> >>>> with this at some point.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks in advance for any advice
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Andre Goree
> >>>> andre@drenetinfo
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> So I've rebuilt everything that I could, but when I get to the ports
> >>> that depend on libutempter, I get an error that they could not be
> >>> reinstalled due to a failure with libutempter  :/
> >>>
> >>> --->  Skipping 'www/opera' (opera-11.60) because a requisite package
> >>> 'libutempter-1.1.5_1' (sysutils/libutempter) failed (specify -k to
> force)
> >>> --->  Skipping 'www/opera-linuxplugins' (opera-linuxplugins-11.60)
> >>> because a requisite package 'opera-11.60' (www/opera) failed (specify
> -k
> >>> to force)
> >>> --->  Skipping 'deskutils/kdeplasma-addons' (kdeplasma-addons-4.7.3)
> >>> because a requisite package 'kdepimlibs-4.7.3' (deskutils/kdepimlibs4)
> >>> failed (specify -k to force)
> >>> --->  Skipping 'graphics/libkdcraw-kde4' (libkdcraw-4.7.3) because a
> >>> requisite package 'libutempter-1.1.5_1' (sysutils/libutempter) failed
> >>> (specify -k to force)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I installed misc/compat8x, however it informed my that I'd need to add
> >>> "" to the kernel conf.  When I try to do that, I'm met with this error:
> >>>
> >>> /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/DESKTOPKERN9: unknown option "COMPAT_FREEBSD8"
> >>> *** Error code 1
> >>> Stop in /usr/src.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Which is weird, because:
> >>>
> >>> [root@desktop src]# uname -r
> >>> 9.0-STABLE
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Meaning I'm certainly running 9.0-STABLE.  So what gives re: that error
> >>> above about "unknown option"?  I even tried to csup source and
> >>> buildworld again, but to no avail -- the error remains.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I upgrade my ports with portupgrade.
> >> After removing libutempter I just run `pkgdb -Fu' and then
> >> I can proceed with the update of depending ports.
> >> I don't need compat8x.
> >>
> >> Henri
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks, yeah upon further research last night I discovered that
> "COMPAT_FREEBSD8" is not kernel option and that compat8x doesn't play a
> role at all in my situation.
> >
> > Also thanks for the suggestion, that worked perfectly! :)
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Just pkg_delete -f it.
> >>
> >> Since it's in base, its absence won't cause a problem.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >
> >
> >
> > Yeah I was mored concerned (erroneously, it would seem) with dependency
> hell rather than missing libs :p    After just removing it then doing a
> pkgdb -Fu, I'm good to go.   I've done this before in the past with pkg's
> I've removed, so kinda disheartening that I overlooked it for so long, heh.
>  I guess I don't fully grasp the relationship between ports and pkgs which
> lead to all this confusion.
> >
> > In any case, it's resolved now, thanks everyone who replied :)
>
> Woah, whatever you do, don't switch TO portupgrade! It does nothing that
> other tools can't, is unmaintained and is unlikely to work with Ruby 1.9,
> and unless that is fixed it's going to die fairly soon.
>
> Chris
>

Thanks, but I'm not switching TO anything, it's what I've been using and
what I'm comfortable with.  What gave the impression that I hadn't already
been using portupgrade?



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