Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 12:27:58 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com Subject: Re: ports hosed Message-ID: <200404041227.58240.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <200404041421.40361.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com> References: <200404040153.11429.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com> <200404040607.02417.kstewart@owt.com> <200404041421.40361.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com>
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On Sunday 04 April 2004 12:21 pm, Jay Moore wrote: > On Sunday 04 April 2004 08:07 am, Kent Stewart wrote: > > > # portupgrade -f lang/ruby18 > > > Stale dependency: ruby-1.8.1_2 --> openssl-0.9.7d -- manually run > > > 'pkgdb -F' to fix, or specify -O to force. > > > # pkgdb -F > > > ---> Checking the package registry database > > > Stale dependency: openldap-client-2.1.29 -> openssl-0.9.7d > > > (security/openssl): openoffice-1.1.0_1 (score:23%) ? > > ---- <snip> ---- > > > > What is this? I don't understand the question... Is this > > > documented anywhere? > > > > You didn't do a portupgrade -rRa. The easy way is to upgrade or > > install openssl-0.9.7d. > > Thanks, Kent. I was following the procedure in /usr/ports/UPDATING, > and the question seemed so out of context... I mean > "openoffice-1.1.0_1(score:23%)" - what's with that? > > Anyway, as I read ports-using.html from the Handbook, portupgrade -a > is a "superset" of "portupgrade -rRa"... is that correct? > > Bottom line here (in my case) is this: I'm afraid my ports tree may > be BFU; this all started when I tried to install the "K3b" port which > apparently has a bazillion dependencies. At least one of the tar.gz > files couldn't be located, and things have kind of gone downhill from > there :( For me, I'm afraid that salvation may require "wiping" > the entire ports tree, and re-installing it from the 5.2 cd. Is > there a safe & clean way to do that? > It was the closest thing to openssl. There is what I think is a problem with ports such as openssl. It is in the makefile to portupgrade but if you do a make search, it doesn't show up. When you see an obvious link problem like you saw, check if you have it installed. If you do/don't just upgrade/install what is missing. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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