From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 10 16: 9:42 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (fac13.ds.psu.edu [146.186.61.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CE3937B419 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:09:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (localhost.ds.psu.edu [127.0.0.1]) by fac13.ds.psu.edu (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fBB09Pl69826; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 19:09:25 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu) Message-Id: <200112110009.fBB09Pl69826@fac13.ds.psu.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: "Kevin Oberman" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multiple versions of ports somehow installed. In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 10 Dec 2001 15:59:24 PST." <200112102359.fBANxOd04500@ptavv.es.net> From: dochawk@psu.edu Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 19:09:25 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG kevin cleared, > To use portupgrade, you MUST run "portdb -Uu" after a cvsup so that > the portupgrade database is aware of any new ports. This takes quite a > while...typically 45 minutes on my 366 MHz PII ThinkPad. You might > want to nice(1) it into the background and forget about it for an > hour. This may be part of my problem--it comes back instantly. (i assume you meand portsdb, with the s). Any ideas what this means is broken? I'm beginning to suspect that my system is thorgouhly hosed . . . > Once this is done, I usually use "portversion -vL '='" to get a list > of what needs upgrading and then "portupgrade -Rr PORTNAME". You don't > need a version number and, when multiple ports match PORTNAME, you are > prompted for which to upgrade. It seems to me that I did this whole sequence some long time ago, and it upgraded a few. But what do I do about the *existence* of these multiple versions, which generally think they have the same files? Delete the entries in /var/db/pkg for the older version? thanks hawk -- What part of "non-negotiable" didn't you understand? /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings. Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message