Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 10:27:02 -0400 (EDT) From: "Michael Sharp" <freebsd@ec.rr.com> To: <backdoc@crotchett.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: portupgrade aftermath Message-ID: <1305.192.168.1.1.1027866422.squirrel@webmail.probsd.ws> In-Reply-To: <200207280908.53697.backdoc@crotchett.com> References: <200207260833.10965.backdoc@crotchett.com> <200207280829.09744.backdoc@crotchett.com> <200207280850.04930.backdoc@crotchett.com> <200207280908.53697.backdoc@crotchett.com>
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you can de-install ruby-fnmatch. Its obsolete, thus, the error. michael Darren Crotchett said: > Sorry to be spamming the list this morning. But, impatience has > gotten the better of me. I went ahead and took a small risk of > further mucking things up. But, it worked out good. For the > benefit of anyone trying to help me and anyone who might read > this thread in the archives, let me summarize. > > I had to use portupgrade -fr mailman to get mailman to reinstall. > I did add CGI_GID?= to the last line of /etc/make.conf. And, all > of this did work. > > I still have a little tidying up to do, though. > > After having run portsdb -Uu, I tried to re-run portupgrade -r > ruby-fnmatch. But, I get an error: > > cd: can't cd to /usr/ports/devel/ruby-fnmatch > ** The port directory for 'devel/ruby-fnmatch' does not exist. > ---> Skipping 'sysutils/portupgrade' (portupgrade-20020429) > because 'devel/ruby-fnmatch' (ruby-fnmatch-1.1b_1) failed > ** The following packages were not installed or upgraded > (*:skipped / !:failed) > ! devel/ruby-fnmatch (ruby-fnmatch-1.1b_1) (port > directory error) * sysutils/portupgrade > (portupgrade-20020429) > > Can someone give me some insight to what these errors are all > about? > > Thanks, > Darren > > > > On Sunday 28 July 2002 08:50 am, Darren Crotchett wrote: >> One more question before I reinstall Mailman. Will I need to >> use portinstall or portupgrade -N since, as far as portupgrade >> is concerned, it successfully upgraded it already? >> >> Darren >> >> On Sunday 28 July 2002 08:29 am, Darren Crotchett wrote: >> > I'm finally getting somewhere. I got mysql server to compile >> by copying /etc/defaults/make.conf to /etc/make.conf and >> adding the line >> > SKIP_INSTALL_DB=yes to the last line. >> > >> > Now, I thought I'd try the same thing with Mailman by adding >> CGI_GID?> > 65533 to my /etc/make.conf. However, before I do, >> I'd like to know if this might adversely affect other >> programs. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Darren >> > >> > On Friday 26 July 2002 12:26 pm, Bauer wrote: >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > On Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:33:10 -0500 >> > > >> > > Darren Crotchett <backdoc@crotchett.com> wrote: >> > > > Quick background: >> > > > I'm trying to transition from complete newbie to >> newbie-admin. In other words, I can handle most of the >> basics of getting a system up and going. Now I want to >> learn how properly admin a FreeBSD box. I'm running >> 4.6-RELEASE. Due to the recent security issues involving >> php, apache and openssh, I thought that I would try to >> upgrade all of my installed ports/packages. Things went >> OK but, not great. I have a couple of questions. Here's >> how I did what I did: >> > > > >> > > > cvsup -g -L 2 /path/to/ports-supfile >> > > >> > > You should always run portsdb -uU after you updated your >> ports to rebuild the INDEX >> > > >> > > > After running portupgrade, I was greeted with the >> following message: >> > > > >> > > > ** The following packages were not installed or upgraded >> (*:skipped /!:failed) >> > > > ! databases/mysql323-server (mysql-server-3.23.49) >> (install error)! devel/ruby-fnmatch (ruby-fnmatch-1.1b_1) >> (port >> > > > directory error)* sysutils/portupgrade >> (portupgrade-20020429) >> > > > >> > > > The first question I have is what to do about those >> messages? mysql-server 3.23.51is the version I have in >> /usr/ports. I wonder why portupgrade had trouble >> installing? Should I try manually installing it? What >> command line options should I use with portupgrade for >> that? >> > > >> > > I don't know if this is the best way, but I always try a >> portupgrade -r port and look at the exact error make gives. >> > > >> > > > I don't know how important ruby-fnmatch is. But, I don't >> know of any specific reason why I need it. So, I'm not >> too worried about it. But, I don't care to have loose >> ends. So, I do want to deal with it properly. What >> should I do with it? >> > > >> > > Try to run portsdb -uU and then upgrade this port again. >> > > >> > > > Finally, this last part is more a comment than a question. >> After upgrading, phpBB and mailman quit working. I >> discovered that mysql was no longer set to start on boot >> (which is why phpBB wouldn't work). And, mailman is back >> to >> > > > giving me UID/GID problems (I always have to edit my >> Makefile and recompile it). I think I can take care of >> both of these problems. But, why would portupgrade leave >> my services unusable? It seems like if it had problems, >> it would be smart enough to back out and give you a >> message. >> > > >> > > Run make options in mail/mailman. You can set some options >> at build time including UID/GID . Also look at the -M option >> with >> > > portinstall/portupgrade. Then have a look at man make.conf . >> You can set permanent variables for ports there to make sure >> they are always used on your upgrades. >> > >> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the >> message >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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