From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Mar 5 16: 0:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D64915272 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 1999 16:00:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.2/8.9.2) id QAA90320; Fri, 5 Mar 1999 16:00:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 32767) id 3BFA615284; Fri, 5 Mar 1999 15:53:32 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <19990305235332.3BFA615284@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 15:53:32 -0800 (PST) From: sdn@slip.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 Subject: ports/10410: pkg_add: could not find package XFree86-3.3.3.1 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 10410 >Category: ports >Synopsis: pkg_add: could not find package XFree86-3.3.3.1 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Mar 5 16:00:01 PST 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Steve Davidson >Release: 2.2.8-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD greystone 2.2.8-RELEASE >Description: Several packages in the 2.2.8-STABLE directory require package XFree86-3.3.3.1 as a dependency. Although I cannot find this XFree86 release as a "package", I had no problem installing/upgrading XFree86-3.3.3.1 via the standard extract facility. However, the package database does not seem to reflect that 3.3.3.1 is installed, and refuses to install packages that need it. Here is a typical error from a pkg_add: Package `qt-1.42' depends on `XFree86-3.3.3.1'. pkg_add: could not find package XFree86-3.3.3.1 ! pkg_add: 1 package addition(s) failed How do I update the package dependency database or somehow get packages that depend on XFree86-3.3.3.1 to install? >How-To-Repeat: Do a pkg_add of any package that depends on XFree86-3.3.3.1. E.g. pkg_add qt-1.42.tgz >Fix: I suspect that adding XFree86-3.3.3.1 as a package or somehow updating the package database would fix the problem. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message