Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 18:16:48 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Ben Brink via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Ben Brink <tekbasse@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: How to update ports for portmaster? Message-ID: <445zoqhdwv.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <2135741875.940696.1561667660482@mail.yahoo.com> (Ben Brink via freebsd-questions's message of "Thu, 27 Jun 2019 20:34:20 %2B0000 (UTC)") References: <2135741875.940696.1561667660482.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <2135741875.940696.1561667660482@mail.yahoo.com>
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Ben Brink via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> writes: > While trying to install git with: > > portmaster -a > portmaster -D --no-confirm devel/git > > This error occurs: > > htmlxref.cnf doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles//texinfo/6.5. And presumably, it goes on to try to fetch that file, but you don't show what happens when you do. > Apparently, I need to update ports, per this "bug" report[1]. That's not terribly relevant to anything you've shown, but okay, let's assume you have a ports tree that you need to update. > And yet, these don't fix the issue: > > portmaster -af =A0=A0=20 > portmaster --clean-distfiles-all =A0=A0=20 > portmaster --check-port-dbdir =A0=A0=20 > portmaster -Faf=20 None of those are supposed to update your ports tree. At this point, it sounds like needing to update a ports tree isn't what you think the issue *is*. > # and have also tried variations on direct install, like: > portmaster -D --no-confirm print/texinfo =A0=A0=20 And again, you don't describe what you expected to happen *or* what actually did happen, so there's no way to tell you what might work better. We're not psychic. > I've also tried: > portsnap update > # but it complains that I need to portsnap extract also.. And yet, I > don't want to create voluminous storage.. and have two ports > management systems in use. Well, portsnap update doesn't update your ports tree. Only the extract step does that. Do you even have an existing ports tree? It's not clear which the two "ports management systems" you mention are. The pkg(8) database is tracking the installed ports in any case. How did you install portmaster in the first place? > So, what is the system expecting to update ports for portmaster in this c= ase? There are several ways, but the most common are to use portsnap with update followed by extract, or to check out the ports tree with Subversion. I think your fastest path to getting the software you want installed on your system is to go back and read the "Installing Applications: Packages and Ports" chapter of the FreeBSD Handbook again. At the very least, you should be able to ask more sensical questions. [ https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html ] Good luck.
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