Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:39:58 -0800 From: "Ron (Lists)" <rg.lists@rzweb.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Portmaster general questions and problems Message-ID: <14212432ba707fc5f9fbc75b56e8e783@flabnapple.net>
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I had been using portupgrade for several years and never had any
problems and upgrading ports was quick and simple process every week.
But, due to portupgrade no longer being maintained and failing to work
anymore, I have switched to using portmaster and am having nothing but
problems, so much so that I dread updating my ports.
I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong or what I don't
understand about portmaster. I've looked on google and can't find any
documentation that isn't just basic stuff or rehashes of the man pages
(which are fine for reference, but not helpful in understanding how to
use it).
Here is an example of a problem I run into all the time:
I went to update php and I got this:
===>>> Starting check for runtime dependencies
===>>> Gathering dependency list for devel/libltdl from ports
===>>> No dependencies for devel/libltdl
===> Installing for libltdl-2.2.10
===> Generating temporary packing list
===> Checking if devel/libltdl already installed
===> libltdl-2.2.10 is already installed
You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again
by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly.
If you really wish to overwrite the old port of devel/libltdl
without deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER"
in your environment or the "make install" command line.
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/devel/libltdl.
ok, so libltdl-2.2.10 is already installed? Why is that an issue?
Why doesn't portmaster just happily skip it since it's already
installed? What am I not understanding here? Or am I using portmaster
wrong?
Portmaster also doesn't seem to understand when ports are already
up-to-date, so doing this:
portmaster php5-*
To update all the php5 ports causes portmaster to re-install things
that are already up to date. Is this expected behavior? if so, how
can I upgrade ports without typing each one my hand. I'd rather not
run portmaster with -a since I don't want to blindly update everything.
Is there a good tutorial on portmaster somewhere that can help an some
get started with it? Is portmaster the best tool for updating ports?
Thanks, Ron
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