Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 12:30:11 -0700 From: "Edward Sanford Sutton, III" <mirror176@hotmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgraded from 13.x release to 14.4 and now I can't use the ports tree? Message-ID: <SA1PR11MB881181F39DB1347A0DF364F9E60B2@SA1PR11MB8811.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <27136c7e-8026-4e1e-9714-497a75c74ede@optiplex-networks.com>
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On 5/25/26 22:43, Kaya Saman wrote: > Hi, > > > I've just gone through the upgrade procedure described here: > > > https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/ > > > and updated to 14.4 from 13.5 (I think was the latest release version?), > uname output: 14.4-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE-p3 GENERIC amd64 > > > When I try to build ports now, this is what I keep getting: > > > ===>>> Creating a backup package for old version portmaster-3.35 > Creating package for portmaster-3.35 > pkg-static: file '/usr/local/share/licenses/portmaster-3.35/BSD2CLAUSE' > is missing > pkg-static: package creation failed > > ===>>> Package creation failed for portmaster-3.35! > > ===>>> Ignore this error [i] > ===>>> Abort update [a] > ===>>> Retry [r] > > ===>>> How would you like to proceed? [i] > > No packages matched for pattern 'portmaster-3.35' > > Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) > 1 packages requested for removal: 0 locked, 1 missing > > ===> Installing for portmaster-3.35 > ===> Checking if portmaster is already installed > ===> portmaster-3.35 is already installed > You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again > by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly. > If you really wish to overwrite the old port of portmaster > without deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER" > in your environment or the "make install" command line. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop. > make[1]: stopped making "/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster/ > work/.install_done.portmaster._usr_local" in /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/ > portmaster > *** Error code 1 > > Stop. > make: stopped making "install" in /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster > > ===>>> A backup package for portmaster-3.35 should > be located in /usr/ports/packages/portmaster-backup > > ===>>> Installation of portmaster-3.35 (ports-mgmt/portmaster) failed > ===>>> Aborting update > > > ===>>> You can restart from the point of failure with this command line: > portmaster <flags> ports-mgmt/portmaster > > This command has been saved to ~/portmasterfail.txt > > > > For some reason I'm unable to use either portmaster or even the standard > 'make' command under any of the ports eg: > > > :/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster # make deinstall; make install clean > ===> Deinstalling for portmaster > ===> Deinstalling portmaster-3.35 > Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) > Deinstallation has been requested for the following 1 packages (of 0 > packages in the universe): > > Installed packages to be REMOVED: > portmaster: 3.33 > > Number of packages to be removed: 1 > [1/1] Deinstalling portmaster-3.33... > [1/1] Deleting files for portmaster-3.33: 100% > ===> Installing for portmaster-3.35 > ===> Checking if portmaster is already installed > ===> portmaster-3.35 is already installed > You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again > by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly. > If you really wish to overwrite the old port of portmaster > without deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER" > in your environment or the "make install" command line. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop. > make[1]: stopped making "/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster/ > work/.install_done.portmaster._usr_local" in /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/ > portmaster > *** Error code 1 > > Stop. > make: stopped making "install clean" in /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster > > > There's a mismatch somewhere but what's going on? The ports tree, and therefore portmaster, perform installs and uninstalls by running pkg. Running `pkg query %v portmaster` should display what is says is currently the installed version number. If it is installed according to pkg, then `pkg delete portmaster` should be the correct action to remove it. `pkg info` outputs all installed packages with version on the package name and comment beside it if you want to manually review your full list. I'm not sure what would have brought it to a state of always removing pkg 3.33 when the ports tree and/or portmaster says it is uninstalling 3.35 before that. I'd guess just an output bug where they assume its the same version but that is misleading if that is happening and deserves a bug report; better to display no version number on a stage's output if the output is going to not match the command. > Do I need to update the ports tree? It seems there is no more "portsnap" > command so should I clean out /usr/ports completely then use the git > version described here: You should decide if there is anything in there that you want backed up first: distfiles will only be used by a port calling for them and generally require size and checksum match to be used so should be safe to keep and will save download time/bandwidth. Work directories of many ports get a versioned folder inside of it but the ports tree instructions don't check that what already exists is correct; in any case I'd let them all go if builds are giving you trouble (just as 'make clean' would have done in a port's folder). > https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports/ > > > I guess this would be needed: # git clone --depth 1 https:// > git.FreeBSD.org/ports.git /usr/ports ? I don't use '--depth 1' when I use git but seeing that discussed seems vaguely familiar. As I do want git history to be accurate and complete and I do make changes to the ports tree and with the intention of submitting patches I create it without that part. I migrated when use of git was still fairly new and I didn't reread that whole document but I recall I had /usr/ports as its own ZFS dataset and git gave me grief in trying to clone to that location, probably caused by the existence of /usr/ports/.zfs but I forget). I think there is another flag that suppresses such complaint but I think I cloned it to another location that was a normal directory and moved its contents including hidden content to /usr/ports. Git maintains its own data (only?) in /usr/ports/.git so that must be transferred too if moving the clone. > Regards, > > > Kayahome | help
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