From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 7 02:14:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F9E106564A for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 02:14:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erich@apsara.com.sg) Received: from babylon.webvis.net (babylon.webvis.net [202.157.163.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAD2C8FC1B for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 02:14:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.1.240] ([119.73.191.194]) by apsara.com.sg ; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:14:43 +0800 SGT From: Erich Dollansky Organization: apsara green technology pte ltd To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:14:43 +0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <20090806060406.A64083@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <200908070817.21456.erich@apsara.com.sg> <20090806202953.H28161@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> In-Reply-To: <20090806202953.H28161@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200908071014.45260.erich@apsara.com.sg> Cc: Lars Eighner Subject: Re: Ports completely and permanently hosed 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: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:14:46 -0000 Hi, On 07 August 2009 am 09:29:59 Lars Eighner wrote: > On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > On 06 August 2009 pm 19:10:07 Lars Eighner wrote: > > > > do not even ask this question if you have a working system. > > > > I realised this problem by luck when I tried to update a > > single program which is affected by this. After seeing how > > many ports depend on this, I decided to keep my system as it > > is and wait until FreeBSD 8 is officially out. > > Well, I deinstalled python26 and python25 which was hanging > around but was not set in make.conf. I deinstalled python24, > which said it wasn't there, but I found a directory for it in > /usr/local/include . Then I forced pkg_delete py\* I You went really deep into the system to do a simple things which should have been done by the ports system. > The kde disaster is still grinding, but I have high hopes. Stay with 3.x. > > > If this would be synchronised with the main FreeBSD releases, > > it would have a minor effect on users. > > Was it 6.0 when they upgraded Xorg just after the release? You > might as well have used the ports tree disc as a coaster. If synchronised, this would not happen. But do not forget, X is an external project. So, things can only be delayed with the freeze but not be accelerated. I think that the ports tree is pretty good but once in a while it really hits you. Erich