Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2006 07:44:04 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portmanager keeps on reinstalling the same port Message-ID: <20060603073403.5447.GERARD@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <1149328618.704.13.camel@localhost.savola.com> References: <1149328618.704.13.camel@localhost.savola.com>
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Yousef Raffah wrote: > excuse the n00b in me but I'm trying to install a port using portmanager > as installing it the traditional (make install clean) way failed and the > one of the cool guys on the list here suggested to use portmanager to > resolve the problem. > > I have synced my ports as of today morning and tried to launch: > # portmanager deskutils/taskjuggler -l -f > > the thing is, portmanager kicks out and tries to reinstall lang/perl5.8, > although it had reinstalled it earlier and I'm sure I have perl 5.8.8 > installed already!. I'm not sure if this is a normal behaviour of > portmanager? But I will keep on monitoring it and see if it all goes > well > > You are telling 'portmanager' to rebuild your entire system when you use the '-f' switch. To install just this one port, run the program like this: portmanager deskutils/taskjuggler -l -y If you have 'portupgrade' installed, you might want to run 'portsclean': portsclean -C -L first to make sure that you have cleaned out any old work before starting a new installation. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net
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