Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 15:34:27 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how do I fix this? Message-ID: <20120605223427.GC23645@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20120605060435.GB21247@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <20120604214304.GA29788@thought.org> <20120604182457.301b5d74@scorpio> <20120605045311.GB6634@thought.org> <20120605060435.GB21247@slackbox.erewhon.net>
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On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 08:04:35AM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 08:04:35 +0200 > From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> > Subject: Re: how do I fix this? > To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> > Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 09:53:11PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > no joy. I did another full upgrade. first time in many > > months. then spent a couple hours with portmaster (thank > > you, Roland:). this as a first upgrade. > > Make sure you update portmaster first. The latest versions have significant > improvements. Also there has recently been a upgrade of libPNG, requiring a > rebuild of everything that needs it. pretty sure that I did exactly that. > > > what I want to do is get as current as possible and then > > install 7.5. and stay there. > > 7.5 what? Do you mean Xorg? Please try and be specific. FreeBSD-7.5. pretty sure I saw something about 7.4 being upgraded to 7.5. I've been at FBSD-7.3 for a long ti me. I dont remember how many times I have upgraded this release, but it has been solid. > > > another question involves > > accepting the "3-D" windows with whatever options they might > > present. > > You mean the options dialogs as run by 'make config'? exactly. > Portmaster will first > recurse through the port and all of its dependencies (if any) to handle any > port OPTIONS via the 'make config' interface, before going off on the big > build. one thing ive been doing is de-selection most of the options.. the box is my server. we [freebsders] have lost the desktop 'market' .... > > > is there any upgrade utility or flag that will > > accept and upgrade things without me having to be here? > > Yes and no. With the latest portmaster you can use the -y flag to > automatically answer "yes" to all questions. But some ports are marked as > "interactive", in the sense that they need you to give some input. Or they are > marked as "restricted" in that you might have to go and download the tarball > yourself somewhere. These are properties of the ports system and the > individual ports. No port build tool can override that. > > BTW, use the -R flag with portmaster. If a long build fails, it skips already > updated stuff on the second try. super; I'll add -yR to the argv list. tx again, gary > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://rsmith.home.xs4all.nl/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Voice By Computer (for Universal Access): http:/www.thought.org/vbc The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community.
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