From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 14 19:50:37 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DC0616A41F for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:50:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hans@nieser.net) Received: from smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2581043D45 for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:50:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hans@nieser.net) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (nieser.net [194.109.160.131]) by smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jAEJoYdW052033 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:50:34 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from hans@nieser.net) Message-ID: <4378EA8A.4080403@nieser.net> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:50:34 +0100 From: Hans Nieser User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051106) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Subject: ports db a mess after portsnap fetch/update 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: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:50:37 -0000 Hi list, I just did the usual portsnap fetch/update routine to keep my portstree up to date and check for new versions of installed packages. But after doing a pkg_version, I noticed the following line: gaim ! Thinking that perhaps my ports database got corrupted I ran "pkgdb -F", which resulted in the following mess: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- root@aphax:/usr/ports/www# pkgdb -F ---> Checking the package registry database [Updating the pkgdb in /var/db/pkg ... - 350 packages found (-0 +342) ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... done] Stale origin: 'net/gaim': perhaps moved or obsoleted. -> The port 'net/gaim' was moved to 'net-im/gaim' on 2005-11-09 because: "Moved to a new net-im category" Fixed. (-> net-im/gaim) Stale dependency: deskbar-applet-0.8.4 -> libgnomecups-0.2.0_2,1 (print/libgnomecups): [Updating the portsdb in /usr/ports ... - 13654 port entries found .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000.........6000.........7000.........8000.........9000.........10000.........11000.........12000.........13000...... ..... done] libgnomecanvas-2.12.0 (score:45%) ? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [no] New dependency? (? to help): ? [Enter] to skip, [Ctrl]+[D] to delete, [.][Enter] to abort, [Tab] to complete New dependency? (? to help): Display all 350 possibilities? (y or n) New dependency? (? to help): Skip this? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] yes Skipped. Stale dependency: epiphany-extensions-1.8.1 -> libgnomecups-0.2.0_2,1 (print/libgnomecups): Skip this? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] Stale dependency: evolution-gconf-tools-0.1.6 -> libgnomecups-0.2.0_2,1 (print/libgnomecups): Skip this? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] Stale dependency: gdesklets-0.35.2_1 -> libgnomecups-0.2.0_2,1 (print/libgnomecups): Skip this? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] Stale dependency: gnome2-power-tools-2.12.1 -> libgnomecups-0.2.0_2,1 (print/libgnomecups): Skip this? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] Stale dependency: musicpd-0.11.5_1 -> madplay-esound-0.15.0b_3 (audio/madplay): New dependency? (? to help): Skip this? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] Skipped. Stale dependency: musicpd-0.11.5_1 -> mad-0.15.0b (audio/mad): New dependency? (? to help): Skip this? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] Skipped. Stale dependency: nvidia-driver-1.0.7676 -> localedata-5.4 (misc/localedata): New dependency? (? to help): Skip this? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] Skipped. Stale dependency: nvidia-driver-1.0.7676 -> compat5x-i386-5.4.0.8 (misc/compat5x): New dependency? (? to help): Skip this? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] Skipped. Stale dependency: py24-gnome-extras-2.12.0 -> libgnomecups-0.2.0_2,1 (print/libgnomecups): Skip this? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] Stale dependency: serpentine-0.6.4_1 -> libgnomecups-0.2.0_2,1 (print/libgnomecups): Skip this? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] root@aphax:/usr/ports/www# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Although the "gaim !" thing seems to have been fixed, it starts asking me all kinds of things about dependencies that I know nothing about (and to be honest, I don't care to know anything about - I want it to 'just work' (tm) ). I tried entering the suggested answers, but the next "pkgdb -F" presents the exact same questions and are apparently not resolved by using the default answers. "pkgdb -fu" doesn't appear to help either. Can anyone tell me how to fix all this (or point me to any guide/article/manpage/whatever for me to read), and how it possibly could've gotten this way? The last thing I did before the portsnap fetch/update routine was installing a bunch of ports (linuxpluginwrapper, linux-flashplugin, linux-flashplugin6, linux-flashplugin7) trying to get the cursed flash plugin to work for firefox (without success by the way, but that's another story...).