From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 12 06:06:46 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D71B1106564A for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:06:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uzimac@da3m0n8t3r.com) Received: from z.umatar.com (z.umatar.com [66.135.39.87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A22648FC12 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:06:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from z.umatar.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by z.umatar.com (8.14.5/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q5C66kW5013618 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:06:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from uzimac@da3m0n8t3r.com) Received: (from uzimac@localhost) by z.umatar.com (8.14.5/8.14.3/Submit) id q5C66k4f013617 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:06:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from uzimac@da3m0n8t3r.com) X-Authentication-Warning: z.umatar.com: uzimac set sender to uzimac@da3m0n8t3r.com using -f From: "Waitman Gobble" To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-Id: <1339481206.13612@da3m0n8t3r.com> X-Originating-IP: 75.36.149.244 X-Mailer: Usermin 1.500 In-Reply-To: <20120612053742.GE5592@e-new.0x20.net> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:06:46 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="bound1339481206" Subject: Re: libpng.so.6 missing 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: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:06:46 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --bound1339481206 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lars Engels wrote .. > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:07:22PM -0700, Waitman Gobble wrote: > > Warren Block wrote .. > > > On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, Waitman Gobble wrote: > > > > > > > I ran pkg_libchk and it looks like a whole boatload of packages need > > > > to be replaced, so I decided to skip to the chase and give the update > > > > script a 'replace' option.. it checks the package version available in > > > > the packages directory on the freebsd site with what's installed, if > > > > there's a newer version it downloads it and does the MD5 check, > > > > creates an update.sh script to replace (the update script doesn't > > > > actually do any udpating!) Anyhow, with 'replace' it will either > > > > replace the existing or use the newer if available. I've been using > > > > this script to update the system and it works pretty good for me, > > > > except when I veer off path and get into ports like with my libpng > > > > issue. :) > > > > > > There is a pkg_upgrade command in the bsdadminscripts, too. However, > > > pkgng will change all that soon. > > > > Thanks, I tried pkgng a few months ago and it didn't seem to do > > updates... but I recall many updates on the mail list so I'm sure it's > > much different now, and works much better. I'll definitely check it > > out. > > It does, but you need a working repository for it. I update ports in my sup file, along with the FreeBSD source. I normally csup at least every two weeks. Is this what you mean by working ports repository? I previously ran into a snag if the package version was different than the ports version, and it seems occasionally packages lag a bit. Thank you, -- Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA --bound1339481206--