Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:14:36 +0000 From: Spadge <spadge@fromley.net> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: Jeff Cross <jeff.cross@averageadmins.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> Subject: Re: Trouble Upgrading Ports Message-ID: <44009E8C.2080301@fromley.net> In-Reply-To: <op.s5jihsjm9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> References: <44008ED7.6050406@averageadmins.com> <4400917C.4010808@computer.org> <440096E7.1000806@fromley.net> <op.s5jihsjm9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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Jeremy Messenger wrote: > > Did you read in the /usr/ports/UPDATING? Yes, I did, thanks. > >> I once wrote a shell script to combat this sort of behaviour, as it >> is something I have run up against time and time again with the perl5 >> port. It looks something like this (I fully expect my email to kill >> the formatting of this, with like linewrap and everything, so beware): > > > We have a tool for that, an answer is in the /usr/ports/UPDATING. > > Cheers, > Mezz "If you want such packages to remain operational, you will have to reinstall then by hand or via portupgrade." Not a bad argument for my script, as that is precisely what it does, albeit indiscriminately. I'm not knocking your work at all, but IIRC I first wrote this script before perl-after-upgrade was included in the package. I got the xargs from UPDATING back when that was the advice given by the ports maintainers. I also feel a bit funny sometimes about running a perl script to fix a broken perl install. Call me superstitious. I'm *not* saying to anyone "don't use perl-after-upgrade". It's great, very useful, and I like it plenty. I am, however, offering up my homemade bash alternative for anyone who would prefer to use something more bashy than perl-after-upgrade. There's a lot of people out there who feel more at home editing a bash shell script than they do working their way through perl script. Thanks for your earlier comments. -- Spadge "Intoccabile" www.fromley.com
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