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Date:      Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:07:27 -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=e4hCevv2Y7ui3mzLn%2ByTADAspRLp6Pc_GMmtA4ayQGWA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Andre Goree <andre@drenet.info> wrote:

> 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?
>


Oh I see, my original message, lol.  Rest assured, all is well.  I've
already reconciled the differences and pains that each tool cause on each
other (i.e., rebuilt my pkgdb & portsdb before using portupgrade to finish
upgrading all my ports).



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