From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 2 13:57:11 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D36E216A404 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 13:57:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B01AF13C46B for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 13:57:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 6188 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2007 13:57:11 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 2 Mar 2007 13:57:11 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 40D4228430; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 08:57:10 -0500 (EST) To: Vizion References: <20070302102137.PQVO2045.dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com@dukecmmtao03> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:57:09 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20070302102137.PQVO2045.dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com@dukecmmtao03> (vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com's message of "Fri\, 2 Mar 2007 2\:21\:38 -0800") Message-ID: <44hct3n3yi.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.93 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade query X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ports@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:57:11 -0000 Vizion writes: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sergey Matveychuk [mailto:sem@FreeBSD.org] >> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 11:54 PM >> To: Vizion >> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: portupgrade query >> >> Vizion wrote: >> > I have multiple lines of stale dependencies reported from >> pkgdb -F all of which relate to bsdpan-Archive-Tar-1.30 or >> 1.16 witha report that the package is held. >> > >> > The lines are >> > Stale dependency:bsdpan-Archive-Tar-[version] -> [see NOTE >> below]: -> Ignored (the package is held; specify -f to force) >> > >> >> bsdpan-* are not real ports. They can't be processed as real ports. So >> they should be ignored (hold). Install them from ports or ignore the >> messages. >> >> -- >> Dixi. >> Sem. >> > Thanks Sem > > But on its own, as shown in my original posting, that does not solve the problem as portupgrade -a does not know that and throws the error, reports a stale dependency and requires me to fix the problem!! > > I must be missing something here!! By default, portupgrade *does* hold those ports. The sample pkgtools.conf file includes a hold section precisely for that purpose: HOLD_PKGS = [ 'bsdpan-*', ] so just put that back in your own configuration and you should be fine.