From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 31 17:43:59 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE4A01065673 for ; Mon, 31 May 2010 17:43:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7AB98FC19 for ; Mon, 31 May 2010 17:43:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gyh20 with SMTP id 20so3740243gyh.13 for ; Mon, 31 May 2010 10:43:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=89KUX6xVY5cVXhOAqe0TAptS99wnntkZPC1eqL8gQE8=; b=DHFx2XfDrCvM/ZdsKMwrzT6y2a4PIwdJvr/XAPeSZGSgb2cEISgDitRn/61kTPhkFq bccm85nL1enZmcA6HO7Ru4xEyWFClpymobTK/jPAeEUs9zCqOdwsZc6muN1SZ/8nukdj P58ixZl672oJFe4PQ+4zwAe4ag51yt6foIhxI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=pelTFbmo16LYe5kzwBZhzXidsYiiBG+lDmrm+kUTKxiAhI3Wq4S+f8PDxTfviWBrGi vgalFK4TjRURwxQW8oPCGzC6LQND4gZkphtj+wef0mKzkNmL+HgBgM6bUhgW0tlfm/3g oRZI7Z/3KoHvwS/OEjR1/tvfDon5ztz6nAxOA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.176.16 with SMTP id bc16mr6221515ibb.4.1275327835215; Mon, 31 May 2010 10:43:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.36.194 with HTTP; Mon, 31 May 2010 10:43:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C03F3CB.8010405@bsdforen.de> References: <4C03D5EC.4050409@bsdforen.de> <4C03F3CB.8010405@bsdforen.de> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 10:43:54 -0700 Message-ID: From: Freddie Cash To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: issues unveiled by devel/gettext X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 17:44:00 -0000 On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Dominic Fandrey wrote: > On 31/05/2010 19:08, Franci Nabalanci wrote: > > I have the same problem and my FreeBSD 8.0 release doesnn't work anymore. > I > > cannot do anything. It is possible to save this problem or better install > > different OS?? > > A lot of stuff will start working again if you add the line: > libintl.so.8 libintl.so.9 > > to your /etc/libmap.conf file. Note that this is just a temporal > workaround until you manage to rebuild the troublesome packages. > > This would be an excellent time to mention the wonderful -b options for portupgrade and portmaster, that will create a backup package of any ports that are upgraded, stored under /usr/ports/packages. :) If you run into any issues, it's a simple "pkg_delete -xi portname" and "pkg_add /usr/ports/packages/portname.tbz" process to roll-back to a known-good version. :D There's also an option for both portupgrade and portmaster that tell it to save old libraries to /usr/local/compat/lib, so that applications that require the lib will continue to work, while you re-install/upgrade the other apps. Using ZFS snapshots on /usr/local and /var/db/pkg is also an option, as ZFS provides a snapshot-roll-back feature. IOW, this is not an "unsolvable mess" like some people claim every year. :) -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com