Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 18:48:44 +0000 From: Peter Harrison <four.harrisons@googlemail.com> To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> Cc: pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Pkg upgrade 'SAT solver' problem Message-ID: <CAA3eX7Y0dMutBbZObQffBStbTGqp7KWEJPp5LO6cu2ycVxkwkw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5486F232.5080004@qeng-ho.org> References: <CAA3eX7ayzZEd=%2B%2BgJACO9_yz3apJUHt9AN3b%2B9fd6wxBf1nLog@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBmCT7Jk6YdLn%2Bw7Oha7L1Y==bXx_UH=sf%2BWHALiC1vpYFb3Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAA3eX7ZZGKWhu2y=xMXLWmbkSXVBqm497q5k-HQBQ72cqnm%2BRQ@mail.gmail.com> <5486F232.5080004@qeng-ho.org>
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On 9 December 2014 at 12:59, Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> wrote: > On 08/12/2014 21:59, Peter Harrison wrote: >> >> On 8 December 2014 at 21:28, pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Peter Harrison >>> <four.harrisons@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Can someone help with a pkg upgrade problem please? >>>> >>>> I've been relying solely on binary pkg for a while now without problem. >>>> However, on doing the latest upgrade I get: >>>> >>>> root@thinkpad:/home/peter # pkg upgrade >>>> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... >>>> FreeBSD repository is up-to-date. >>>> All repositories are up-to-date. >>>> Checking for upgrades (377 candidates): 100% >>>> Checking integrity... done (1 conflicting) >>>> pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver: >>>> cannot install package libxfce4util~x11/libxfce4util, remove it from >>>> request? [Y/n]: n >>>> pkg: cannot solve job using SAT solver >>>> >>>> If I answer 'y' I get a much longer sequence of similar errors and the >>>> upgrade still bombs. >>> >>> >>> is this related to the upgrade of gettext? As per /usr/ports/UPDATING: >>> >>> "20141130: >>> AFFECTS: users of devel/gettext (close to everyone) >>> AUTHOR: tijl@FreeBSD.org >>> >>> The devel/gettext port has been split up in devel/gettext-runtime, a >>> lightweight package containing runtime libraries, and >>> devel/gettext-tools, >>> a package containing developer tools. The devel/gettext port still >>> exists >>> as a metaport. >>> >>> You must first delete the existing installation of gettext and then >>> reinstall it. This will break sudo, so you *must* do this in a root >>> shell (sudo -i) if you use sudo. >>> " >>> >>> I did an upgrade last week and this package pretty much broke >>> everything (including most of xfce4) causing me to do a pretty big >>> uninstall/reinstall dance. Of course if I read /usr/ports/UPDATING >>> first I would have saved myself some drama :) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> -pete >>> >>> -- >>> pete wright >>> www.nycbug.org >>> @nomadlogicLA >> >> >> Thanks - sounds about right but... >> >> root@thinkpad:/home/peter # pkg delete -f gettext >> Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) >> Deinstallation has been requested for the following 1 packages (of 0 >> packages in the universe): >> >> Installed packages to be REMOVED: >> gettext-0.19.3 >> >> Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]: y >> [1/1] Deleting gettext-0.19.3: 100% >> root@thinkpad:/home/peter # pkg upgrade >> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... >> FreeBSD repository is up-to-date. >> All repositories are up-to-date. >> Checking for upgrades (377 candidates): 100% >> Checking integrity... done (1 conflicting) >> pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver: >> cannot install package libxfce4util~x11/libxfce4util, remove it from >> request? [Y/n]: >> >> >> Still no dice. Any ideas? > > > When was your previous upgrade? If it was before 2014-11-26 you may have > been caught by the switch from perl 5.16 to 5.18. That required a > > pkg upgrade -f > > although that's time consuming and can't be done under sudo (see > devel/gettext note). > > Alternatively trying "pkg check -Ba" and "pkg check -da" might shake > something loose. > > -- > Those who do not learn from computing history are doomed to > GOTO 1 Bingo! That was it. All sorted now - thanks for the pointer. In my defence, "pkg updating" didn't show me anything about Perl (although now you've mentioned it I can see it in /usr/ports/UPDATING). Is that a bug in pkg? Thanks for your help. Peter Harrison.
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