Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 06:28:14 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> Subject: Re: Trouble upgrading ports collection Message-ID: <200512030628.15658.ringworm01@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051203141839.GB35163@catflap.slightlystrange.org> References: <439093D2.3020905@wanadoo.fr> <200512021520.31635.ringworm01@gmail.com> <20051203141839.GB35163@catflap.slightlystrange.org>
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On Saturday 03 December 2005 06:18, Daniel Bye wrote: > On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 03:20:30PM -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > Thanks for the info, is this really the recommended fix??? > > > > Remove nvidia-driver port, then upgrade xorg-clients. After that you can > > reinstall nvidia-driver. > > > > I read the above as xorg-clients conflicts with nvidia-driver, if it was > > set this way here is what portmanager would do: > > > > 1) when upgrading xorg-clients finds conflicting port nvidia-driver > > installed and removes it unless user chooses otherwise before 5 minute > > timeout > > > > 2) Upgrade xorg-clients > > > > Athe this point something would have to have a dependency on > > nvidia-driver for it to be pulled back in automatically else the user is > > going to need to install it manaually... Well I can see how this > > situation is causing problems anyways....... > > > > Has this issue been resolved yet? From reading your references it seems > > like this fixed the problem with xdriinfo.c: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=76257 > > State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > > State-Changed-By: anholt > > State-Changed-When: Wed Nov 30 01:24:24 GMT 2005 > > State-Changed-Why: > > A patch has been committed to fix this. > > > > But I saw no other solution to handling the nvidia port. > > > > -Mike > > I agree it seems a trifle convoluted, and yes, in the vast majority > cases, portmanager does the right thing. However, for this one (in my > experience, at least), it couldn't handle it. I don't remember removing > the nvidia drivers, but I think I reinstalled portions of the XOrg > subsystem, in particular the libs. As I said, though, I don't remember > exactly how I got it all working again... > > Not much help, I'm afraid - I just wanted to point the OP at the threads > on the other list (which I read only sporadically) in case they proved > helpful. > > As to whether it's fixed yet, I really couldn't say - I belong firmly in > the camp of end users, not developers or testers. > > A big thanks for portmanager - it's nice not to have to wrestle with the > package db all the time! > > Dan You were of great help, the OP's system failed to upgrade exactly as you predicted so I told him to try removing the nvidia port then manually install it after portmanager finished. Lets hope that works. -Mike
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