Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:18:37 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: libiconv problems Message-ID: <77778AF89EF95C722E323C6D@localhost> In-Reply-To: <5391FE61.50402@FreeBSD.org> References: <4D820E9E5737BFB66FC9093E@localhost> <5391FE61.50402@FreeBSD.org>
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--On June 6, 2014 at 12:46:09 PM -0500 Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On 6/6/14, 12:25 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: >> According to UPDATING, I should be able to do this to resolve issues >> with libiconv: pkg query %ro libiconv >ports_to_update >> >> On my system, running 8.4 RELEASE with the old packaging system, this >> command doesn't do anything. I ran pkg_info to get a list of >> dependent apps and then piped that into xargs portmaster, but I got >> errors. >> >> # cat dependencies.txt | xargs portmaster >> >> ===>>> /var/db/pkg/Information does not exist >> ===>>> Aborting update >> >> ===>>> Killing background jobs >> Terminated >> Terminated >> Terminated >> Terminated >> Terminated >> Terminated >> Terminated >> Terminated >> Terminated >> Terminated >> Terminated >> ===>>> Exiting >> >> So how can I fix this problem without updating to the new pkg system? >> > You don't. > > UPDATING says: > AFFECTS: 10-CURRENT users with any port depending on converters/libiconv > > 8.4 not affected, according to the entry. All well and good, except for one problem: ls /usr/ports/devel/libiconv* ls: /usr/ports/devel/libiconv*: No such file or directory And yes my ports are current. -- Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/infosecurity/
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