From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 1 12:02:45 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BDF61065693 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:02:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f182.google.com (mail-qy0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FBD18FC18 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:02:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk33 with SMTP id 33so354086qyk.13 for ; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:02:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=APzZUr+DnKPpU+ZsWZhdd6Ecouz6peeF0J5EaD0hq84=; b=OHKjY1JxSd7i+Urnl9xpN7L9qIsXqskhRZzYjKNGj7DR0RbsETHuRbq17T9+CKAVSG FBT4Reyb8bQyWaG3zssb19BvM3B8Q9HBeIMFC//AN99+u8KCZthBdv755xB0W4xF+EiH vbDKzA8JDlIQ5wgvOi7WoTd5dDN+n1akcqtBY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=gtTx0CKVh9uLDukp/iXE7aQEX4KvPS7G6KYY2pT9u+QMBWvbvXJHyXxUuFS5t+FQmX bs9UVwB61TThpwFMER724A0I5fP6IpB2PBbcxGW8S8mymTrn9Drw9fkwq7p11jq7hEuN CppY56yaMwK2/Ea3QGnfbuA0gV4eZKaTT6HNk= Received: by 10.224.71.143 with SMTP id h15mr3496444qaj.217.1285934564344; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:02:44 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.102.13 with HTTP; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 05:02:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20101001093632.GC26665@catflap.slightlystrange.org> References: <20100930155915.GA26665@catflap.slightlystrange.org> <20101001093632.GC26665@catflap.slightlystrange.org> From: Odhiambo Washington Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 15:02:10 +0300 Message-ID: To: Daniel Bye , User Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Upgrading autoconf X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:02:45 -0000 On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Daniel Bye < freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> wrote: > 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: > > > > > 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 > wrong. > > > > > > 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, > > > > 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. > > > > 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! > > Update 6.4 to 8.x?? Or you mean some upgrade path like install 8.x and then migrate services?:-) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube