Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 19:36:13 -0400 From: "Nan Wang" <nanericwang@hotmail.com> To: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Bad Idea: Using Version Number For Names Of Directories! Message-ID: <Law9-F52GeFaatao8KK0000618b@hotmail.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_2a01_386a_2542 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed >From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> >To: Nan Wang <nwang@uwaterloo.ca> >CC: nik@FreeBSD.org, portmgr@FreeBSD.org >Subject: Re: Bad Idea: Using Version Number For Names Of Directories! >Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 15:17:35 -0700 > >On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 05:45:36PM -0400, Nan Wang wrote: > > This morning, Apr 12, I tried to update all my ports with using > > "portupgrade -ra". > > I was told that there are three packages should be upgrade: > > freetype2 2.1.4 > > kde3base 3.1.1a > > kde3libs 3.1.1a > > > > It firstly upgraded freetype2 2.1.3,1 to freetype2 2.1.4, and delete the > > old version. fine, no problem. > > > > And then, nightmare began: > > When it was trying to upgrade kde3base 3.1.1a, it was interrupted by the > > bug that it cannot find /var/db/pkg/freetype2 2.1.3,1!!! of coz, it was > > DELETED!! > > I could not install 2.1.3,1 since its port was just REVISED!! > > > > then, i tried to use "ln -s" to link 2.1.3,1 to 2.1.4, and run >portupgrade > > again, and stopped somehow. Oh! failed again.... > > i didn't care it too much, and tried to "make install clean" in the last > > two port. > > finally, > > I then run "pkg_version" to check, NOW I HAVE TWO FREETYPE(TWO ARE "="), > > TWO KDE3BASE(ONE IS "<", ANOTHER IS "=")!!! > > > > I totally cannot "startkde" now... > > > > somebody help me please. > >Please post the exact errors to ports@FreeBSD.org (this is not a portmgr >problem). > >Kris _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------=_NextPart_000_2a01_386a_2542 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+mJB/Wry0BWjoQKURAn+aAKDFdzKCCmk804Rs17AZbtFkmtkwPgCeMPQp 1U6EQgFT26NR8PIekR3Gd7s= =B5KY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------=_NextPart_000_2a01_386a_2542--
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