Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 15:40:52 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" <freebsd@skysmurf.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How are ports built now Message-ID: <F15EFF113780A8A629B44407@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> In-Reply-To: <20140607202241.GA59544@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> References: <FF2053FA1B75B463D14C7152@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <20140607202241.GA59544@spectrum.skysmurf.nl>
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--On June 7, 2014 at 10:22:41 PM +0200 "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" <freebsd@skysmurf.nl> wrote: > Paul Schmehl wrote: > >> Recently I upgraded two servers to 8.4 and implemented the pkgng system. > [snip] >> Is portmaster not the appropriate method for updating ports with pkgng? > > It depends whether you're talking about *building* packages from the ports > tree or installing binary packages. > > As for building from ports, Portmaster doesn't care whether you're using > the new PNGNG or the old pkg_* tools. > Thanks. That's good to know. >> Now, when I run portmaster -ad, it seems to keep reinstalling the same >> ports over and over again. > > That's strange. Perhaps PKGNG hasn't been initialised properly on your > system(s), that's all I can think of at the moment. Did you use pkg2ng? > I'm pretty sure I did, but I ran it again. I noticed several errors which I will have to investigate. Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell
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