From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 22 05:37:14 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-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 207DE16A41F for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 05:37:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@socruel.nu) Received: from gone.xs4all.nl (gone.xs4all.nl [213.84.247.136]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9987613C44C for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 05:37:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@socruel.nu) Received: from saturnus.intra.socruel.nu (saturnus.intra.socruel.nu [172.16.0.12]) by gone.xs4all.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A15C33DE2; Tue, 22 May 2007 07:37:12 +0200 (CEST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 07:37:11 +0200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Message-ID: <302F75DC2739FB43B236373398A8C59929F5@saturnus.intra.socruel.nu> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Xorg upgrade & portmaster Thread-Index: Aceb7Nlq8zuGnp08Rv+GJSF43Kt8AwARXhng From: "Lars Wittebrood" To: Cc: freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org Subject: RE: Xorg upgrade & portmaster X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 05:37:14 -0000 =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Lowell Gilbert [mailto:freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org]=20 > Posted At: Monday, May 21, 2007 11:13 PM > Posted To: FreeBSD-Ports > Conversation: Xorg upgrade & portmaster > Subject: Re: Xorg upgrade & portmaster > "FreeBSD-Ports" writes: > > For what it is worth .. Have doen an update of xorg-libraries port=20 > > with portmaster ... > > > > Have a system (6.2-release) with xorg-libraries port (because of Lire > > port) and run into the following message after trying to update it=20 > > with > portmaster: > > > > =3D=3D=3D>>> Dependency check complete for x11/xorg-libraries > > > > =3D=3D=3D> Cleaning for xorg-libraries-7.2 > > Read /usr/ports/UPDATING for the procedure to upgrade to xorg 7.2. > > *** Error code 1 > > > > Stop in /usr/ports/x11/xorg-libraries. > > > > =3D=3D=3D>>> make failed for x11/xorg-libraries =3D=3D=3D>>> = Aborting update > > > > After reading /usr/ports/UPDATING I thought well just try what it=20 > > says, so I issued the command setenv XORG_UPGRADE yes as root and then=20 > > did a portmaster xorg-libraries. This update went fine. > That's *not* "just what it says." It says that the directions are for portupgrade only, and for other tools you > need to get an upgrade path from the author of the tool. Furthermore, in the message to which you are following > up, the author of portmanager said that his advice was not to use portmanager for this upgrade yet, and if you > > wanted to use it anyway, to start by removing all your ports and building them over. > > After that I issued=20 > > the command sh /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/mergebase.sh as the UPDATING > > file says but it didn't make any sense to me. > What, exactly, didn't make any sense to you? Your description does not allow me to guess what the actual > > > symptoms were. > The main purpose of running that script is to replace /usr/X11R6 with a symlink. If you are still getting the > above error on attempting to build x11/xorg-libraries, then this did not happen. It is not clear to me from your > description whether this is the case or not. > > If you need any more detailed information on this please feel free to=20 > > ask. I have another system for which I have to this also, but it's a > > 6.1 system. > The best step is probably to go back and read Doug Barton's message again. There was a lot of information in > there that may help you figure out a way forward. > The information that people will need to help you more directly is the specific details of "I do this, then the > system does that." However, since there isn't yet any recommended upgrade method using portmaster, and its > author says he is actively working on it to teach it to handle this situation, waiting for him is my advice to > most portmaster users. > You have probably confused your ports database extensively, and to get back to a fully working system may >require uninstalling a lot of ports and building them back up. > Good luck. The only message I wanted to give/bring was that I was able to upgrade the xorg-libraries port with with portmanager and I described how I did it. Cheers, Lars.