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Date:      Sun, 21 Sep 2003 22:57:19 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net>
Cc:        freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Portupgrade Problem w/New Gnome2 Release
Message-ID:  <1064199439.376.8.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <00fc01c380aa$fa1658b0$0501a8c0@MASAI>
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On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 21:43, Bob Perry wrote:
> Hi Joe,
> I tried to install Gnome 2.4 using ports but I still have the same 29 ports
> that fail or are skipped.
> 
> It's odd that two of them appear in Fresh Ports as ports that should be
> removed but when I run pkg_version, the output shows
> bonobo-activation-2.2.4,1  "succeeds port (port has 2.4.0)", and
> gtk-thinice-engine-2.0.2 "needs updating (port has 2.4.0)".  Afraid I've
> really screwed this up.
> 
> I'm going to try again tomorrow and take better care at documenting the
> errors.

The pkgdb -F step is important.  Just like the docs say, you have to
answer "yes" to all the prompts.  You may also need to re-run pkgdb -F
after each step in the upgrade to ensure a consistent package database
throughout.

Joe

> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joe Marcus Clarke" <marcus@marcuscom.com>
> To: "Bob Perry" <rperry4@earthlink.net>
> Cc: <freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 3:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Portupgrade Problem w/New Gnome2 Release
> 
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