From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 25 19:34:48 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B79ED208 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:34:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-x22d.google.com (mail-ob0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22d]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89981CC0 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:34:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f173.google.com with SMTP id dn14so6433741obc.32 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:34:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=2mW0pyhZ4iQT/hhZAlHtZKSdRcNJ9KCa77/hUe/O2+0=; b=Vk/X7VFseu8Xv2hXbLqAr2yXOFPY0gk2ZIHw3TqfRXK0jrYoegmn6nRW6hHsjP4JZq jq0H0mOzgfjdN5rRMzxsjIpEGnWZ1twGa3AvDOqMz9/o3Vnf8KgXnlvulvN5h9qirtnj G96v6s6dy7uBsu4XdvnMPutYEle3+MDSyF0m5KjpTxyvJDwUqHs4yVsW2aGoateJuVu8 pzGvNDfB9nFB4mmIBcldH54/W4/S4fnW9Cv/CzNVGy9b+s0aQ47Yutbi11ZZ5tyf2UL2 yRHwBEnhCyk3IRTRH+IWTqCrUyMWZVyWG3E4aMWbXFTjGYKkhStIrLsHf3A4DdSz+uAq g9cQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.56.198 with SMTP id c6mr806249obq.73.1364240088094; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:34:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.174.67 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:34:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:34:47 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: gettext problem in FreeBSD 8.3 system hosed From: Antonio Olivares To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:34:48 -0000 Dear folks, On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Dear folks, > > As following /usr/port/UPDATING, I ran into a bit of trouble. System > is hosed and I cannot update any ports. I tried to follow advice > here: > > 20130316: > AFFECTS: users of converters/libiconv and devel/gettext > AUTHOR: bapt@FreeBSD.org > > libiconv now handles the lib/charset.alias file instead of devel/gettext. > If you are using pkgng 'and' upgrading from source with portupgrade or > portmaster, first delete gettext, upgrade libiconv, then reinstall gettext. > > # pkg delete -f devel/gettext > # portmaster converters/libiconv devel/gettext > or > # pkg delete -f devel/gettext > # portupgrade converters/libiconv devel/gettext > > but I get error(s) in gettext. I see that there is a small problem > with gettext: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=177176 > > How can I get around it, I made errors by deleting devel/gmake, and > devel/glib20 and I tried to reinstall these, I did a make deinstall > reinstall to see if I could bypass the error, but update(s) always > fail with gettext. Any ideas/suggestions to fix this problem? > > Thanks in Advance, > > > Antonio In case if anyone is wondering which error I am encountering: It is the following: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2013-February/081576.html http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=38558 devel/glib20 fails to build also with error: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=177069 I have tried to follow the instructions included in /usr/ports/UPDATING but I have not succeeded in this machine. I am thinking of moving it to 8.4-BETA1 release and then reworking the ports or deleting them and restarting in case of not having replies I have gotten myself out of trouble before but it can take days to get the machine back in working order :( Best Regards, Antonio