From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 24 06:32:20 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 01240C96 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2014 06:32:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.covisp.net (mail.covisp.net [75.148.37.66]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5C46186F for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2014 06:32:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.0.120] (23-24-150-141-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [23.24.150.141]) by mail.covisp.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2103A50D3EF for ; Sun, 23 Feb 2014 23:32:11 -0700 (MST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.1 \(1827\)) Subject: [SOLVED] Re: Issues with postmaster after freebsd-update From: LuKreme In-Reply-To: <49D3D50F-9FBF-4247-81D6-5425B8FEBA2D@kreme.com> Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 23:32:07 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <8EE9C4CB-C3E7-40B7-B52B-58145766AFAA@kreme.com> References: <49D3D50F-9FBF-4247-81D6-5425B8FEBA2D@kreme.com> To: FreeBSD Ports ML X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1827) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 06:32:20 -0000 On 13 Feb 2014, at 16:39 , LuKreme wrote: > I was running FreeBSD 8-2 and used freebsd-update to update: OK, so final resolution: I reran freebsd update from the start and was still having problems. I = made a couple of mistakes along the way (php55 and gcc49 seemed to be = the most egregious of these) and finally got into a situation where the = reasonable solution seemed to be: postmaster --list-origins (for reference) pkg_delete -a rm -r /var/db/pgk/*=20 and just reinstall the ports I need. I=92m sure I have some binaries and = libraries lying around that are not referenced in any ports that are = installed, but honestly I don=92t think there=92s that many. Just = compiling mysql-client and server and apache24 covered 90% of what was = needed. As it turned out, this solved quite a few little problems (like for some = reason a hebrew spelling package kept getting installed). Now, of course, the next step is to move up from 8.4-RELEASE before it = reaches EOL (which I think is next year in June?). Hopefully that will go a lot smother. Any recommendation on what I should move to? 9.2 is what I was thinking = since I know 10 has a *lot* of changes (no more bind, for one). --=20 Real magic is the hand around the bandsaw, the thrown spark in the powder keg, the dimension-warp linking you straight into the heart of a star, the flaming sword that burns all the way to the pommel. --Moving Pictures