Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:13:35 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portmaster: upgrade failed for security/sudo Message-ID: <479F6CCF.1000203@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20080129061621.GA40834@oberon.njm.f2s.com> References: <20080129061621.GA40834@oberon.njm.f2s.com>
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N.J. Mann wrote:
> Good morning,
>
>
> I am using portmaster v2.0 and very good it is to, except...
>
> This morning among the ports that needed updating following my
> over-night CVSup was security/sudo (1.6.9.6 -> 1.6.9.12). I am using
> portmaster's new feature SU_CMD. I am also using the new HIDE_BUILD
> feature which I really like!
Thanks, so do I. :) That was another suggestion from a user, btw.
> All went well until the install phase,
> when portmaster could no longer find sudo. It looks like portmaster got
> into a chicken and egg situation: it needed to uninstall sudo in order
> to complete the upgrade, but it needed to run sudo to perform the actual
> install. Oh, dear.
I thought it went without saying that this couldn't possibly work, but
I'll update the man page in this regard.
Thanks,
Doug
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