Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 21:14:18 +0000 From: "Clark C. Evans" <cce@clarkevans.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: configuration database confusion Message-ID: <20021014211418.GC36236@doublegemini.com>
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Howdy. I'm trying to re-use the ports directory via
mounting it on more than one system; using chroot jail
and mount_null to be more explicit.
My problem is that if I install a given port on one
system, it somehow marks that port as installed so
that "make install" no longer attempts an installation.
This problem can be emulated by:
1. going into a port and doing "make install"
2. using pkg_delete to remove the port
3. going back into the port directory and typing
"make install" for a second time... it does
nothing even though the program is not installed.
I know I can do a "deinstall" and then a "install" to
make it work. However, this solution doesn't seem to
work recursively. So I have two questions:
1) I suppose I can do a recursive "make deinstall"
on the entire port collection... ugly. Any other
short term hack?
2) Where are these ports storing the flag that says
they are already installed? Any good way to
reset this flag or have this flag be in the
/var partition (which is different for each install?)
3) Long term, can ports only use pkg_info for storing
install state?
Best,
Clark
P.S. The symtoms here seem to apply to just about any port,
but if you need one, use vim-lite.
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