From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 24 21:29:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64BC610657A5 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:29:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E56FA8FC16 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:29:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c83-255-48-78.bredband.comhem.se ([83.255.48.78]:54907 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1ND2wf-0003vA-3b for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:29:11 +0100 Received: (qmail 24009 invoked from network); 24 Nov 2009 22:29:04 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 24 Nov 2009 22:29:04 +0100 Received: (qmail 32243 invoked by uid 1001); 24 Nov 2009 22:29:04 +0100 Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:29:04 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20091124212904.GA32215@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <20091124154514.GA91657@potato> <200911241725.42229.pieter@degoeje.nl> <20091124163718.GB91657@potato> <4B0C1249.1090600@lazlarlyricon.com> <20091124174025.GC91657@potato> <20091124210948.GC87829@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20091124211851.GA79446@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091124211851.GA79446@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Originating-IP: 83.255.48.78 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1ND2wf-0003vA-3b. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1ND2wf-0003vA-3b e1cf2df96fd699ef1e9d170f2c843217 Subject: Re: 7.2-STABLE to 8-R X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:29:46 -0000 On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 01:18:51PM -0800, Charlie Kester wrote: > On Tue 24 Nov 2009 at 13:09:48 PST Roland Smith wrote: > >On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 05:40:25PM +0000, John wrote: > >> > >> Regarding ports, I think I'll take the long route. This box is my main > >> machine, my desktop - and so there are a LOT of ports installed. It will > >> be easier to make portmanager rebuild everything in pristine mode. It > >> will take a long time, but I accept this. Before this is done, I run the > >> built-in routines in /usr/ports - clean out */work/* and distfiles. > > > >I would _strongly_ advise you to make a list of all your current ports, e.g. with > >'portmaster -L >ports.list', deleting all ports and re-installing the ports > >labeled as 'leaf ports' and 'root ports' in ports.list. > > > >While portmaster/-manager do their best, they just cannot cover all the corner > >cases, especially since some ports require extra action (e.g. perl!) There is > >a good chance you'll end up with a big mess like binaries linked to both 7.x > >and 8.x libraries or ports failing to build for mysterious reasons. Both have > >happened to me in the past and are a major PITA to fix. > > > >I've done the complete delete/reinstall run a couple of times now on my > >desktop with ???490 ports installed. > > Can someone remind me once again, when rebuilding all of my ports, what > is the trick for avoiding the options dialogs? I'd like to have this > run largely unattended. I seem to recall someone describing a method to > go through all of them upfront, rather than having the build process > interrupted each time a port wants that input. Use 'make config-recursive' to go through all the option dialogs first. See the ports(7) manpage for other make targets and variables that influence which/how ports are built. > > I know that portupgrade has a batch build option, but unless I'm > mistaken, that skips any ports that need interaction to build. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se