From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 21 20:49:05 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA76416A4CE for ; Sat, 21 May 2005 20:49:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from flake.decibel.org (flake.decibel.org [67.100.216.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5674743D54 for ; Sat, 21 May 2005 20:49:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from decibel@decibel.org) Received: by flake.decibel.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D608D15293; Sat, 21 May 2005 15:49:03 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 15:49:03 -0500 From: "Jim C. Nasby" To: Barry Pederson Message-ID: <20050521204903.GP44623@decibel.org> References: <20050521193508.GO44623@decibel.org> <428F9050.5050400@barryp.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <428F9050.5050400@barryp.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE i386 X-Distributed: Join the Effort! http://www.distributed.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with portupgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 20:49:05 -0000 On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 02:47:28PM -0500, Barry Pederson wrote: > Jim C. Nasby wrote: > >I'm trying to upgrade spamassassin, but portupgrade is stubling on every > >dependant port. It appears it wants to re-install each port, which of > >course doesn't work. It generates the make deinstall first error > >message. portupgrade -m -DFORCE_PKG_REGISTER seems to have gotten around > >the problem, but I'm curious as to what's causing this. Anyone have any > >ideas? > > > >This is 4.11-RELEASE if that matters... > > Did you perhaps upgrade your Perl earlier? so that perhaps the existing > installed dependant ports are Perl packages for 5.6.1, but you now have > 5.6.2 and portupgrade thinks your dependant packages should be for that > - but it can't install them because the older versions for 5.6.1 are in > place. I did recently go from 5.8 to 5.6. So that means all my perl stuff needs to re-install? That doesn't really make any sense... -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Consultant decibel@decibel.org Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?"