Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:56:49 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Ganbold <ganbold@micom.mng.net> Cc: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gnome update Message-ID: <453D9D11.2070502@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <453D7CF8.2080404@micom.mng.net> References: <453C95A0.8040704@micom.mng.net> <453D0770.4000308@FreeBSD.org> <453D7CF8.2080404@micom.mng.net>
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Ganbold wrote: > Doug Barton wrote: >> Ganbold wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to update gnome to 2.16 using portmaster for more than 3 >>> days :( >> >> I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble. Are you sure you're >> using the latest version of portmaster (1.9)? > > Yes. Ok, good. >>> 1. Every time after some error when I try to run portmaster -r >>> pkg-config\* >>> it starts from the beginning. Maybe there is some option to skip >>> updated ports. How to tell portmaster to skip updated ports? >> >> By definition the -r flag means "update the ports that depend on this >> port no matter what." Jeremy's suggestion of using the -i flag is a >> good one though. You will only have to enter your choices (to build a >> port or not) only one time, during the 'make config' stage. > > ok, but how do I know whether particular port was updated or not, if I > didn't check before the port version? If you're not sure, go ahead and let portmaster update it. Due to the change from X11BASE to LOCALBASE this is a particularly important upgrade. >>> 3. While portmaster running, I manually updated libtheora port. When >>> portmaster reaches libtheora, it stops with error. >> >> It's not really a good idea to do that, but it's impossible to advise >> you without knowing what the error was. > > When you make install certain port it complains to deinstall and > reinstall again. So this is the error I forgot to mention. Well, you're probably better off in that situation to just let portmaster handle the update. hth, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection
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