Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:36:32 +0100 From: Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading autoconf Message-ID: <20101001093632.GC26665@catflap.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin1x_i6UCYjAD=WuDTAgOutaOwsgF0gSzSN4wY%2B@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimz%2B-iD8WwH2eE2KkL=7nCvJCcs%2B=G-opfW0k4m@mail.gmail.com> <20100930155915.GA26665@catflap.slightlystrange.org> <AANLkTin1x_i6UCYjAD=WuDTAgOutaOwsgF0gSzSN4wY%2B@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 12:13:28PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Daniel Bye <
> freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> wrote:
>=20
> > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 06:50:22PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> > > I am trying this out:
> > >
> > > #portupgrade -f 'autoconf*' 'automake*'
> >
> > Try upgrading the failing ports by hand. portupgrade tends to suppress =
full
> > error output, making it difficult to ascertain exactly what's gone wron=
g.
> >
> > Alternatively, I would be tempted to just uninstall autoconf* and
> > automake*,
> > since they will get pulled in as dependencies whenever you come to build
> > another port that requires them.
> >
> >
> Hi Dan,
>=20
> Turns out the culprit was m4. Once I did 'portupgrade m4' successfully,
> everything now compiled fine. The box is running FreeBSD 6.4-STABLE which=
I
> was ashamed to mention:-)
Glad you fixed it!
> Will migrate it to 8.x soon, by doing a new installation and migrating.
>=20
> Or should I wait for FreeBSD-9 ??
I'd go for 8.x as soon as possible. It'll be a while before 9 is ready for
production, and when it is released, it should be pretty straight forward to
upgrade from 8.x using the standard buildworld cycle, provided your setup
isn't too outlandish!
Dan
--=20
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