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Date:      Fri, 4 Aug 2006 14:33:44 -0700
From:      "pete wright" <nomadlogic@gmail.com>
To:        "Chris Whitehouse" <chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions mailing list <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Portmanger getting stuck in loop
Message-ID:  <57d710000608041433k57ed0eb9x98d4e78ae4da185c@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <44D39FC9.1080902@childeric.freeserve.co.uk>
References:  <57d710000608021725y1070be50g171be359e4ee795d@mail.gmail.com> <44D39FC9.1080902@childeric.freeserve.co.uk>

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On 8/4/06, Chris Whitehouse <chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> pete wright wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I've got a portmanager question.  I've been using it for quite some
> > time on various systems with great success - until today when i
> > ctl+c'd in the wrong terminal and broke an upgrade that was going on.
> > Now when i try to re-run portmanger to get a list of out of date ports
> > I am getting this:
> >
> > <snip>
> > 00109 ----:p5-Math-BigInt-1.77                 /math/p5-Math-BigInt
> >            MISSING
> > 00110 ----:p5-Socket6-0.19                     /net/p5-Socket6
> >            MISSING
> > 00111 ----:p5-Email-Address-1.86               /mail/p5-Email-Address
> >            MISSING
> > 00112 ----:lzo2-2.02_1                         /archivers/lzo2
> >            MISSING
> > </snip>
> >
> > I've tried various portmanager upgrade attempts (using -u/-f/ and -p)
> > and all seem to fail with similar messages as this:
> >
> >
> > skipping p5-Math-BigInt-1.77 /math/p5-Math-BigInt marked IGNORE
> > reason: looping, 3rd attempt at make
> > skipping p5-Socket6-0.19 /net/p5-Socket6 marked IGNORE reason:
> > looping, 3rd attempt at make
> > skipping p5-Email-Address-1.86 /mail/p5-Email-Address marked IGNORE
> > reason: looping, 3rd attempt at make
> > skipping lzo2-2.02_1 /archivers/lzo2 marked IGNORE reason: looping,
> > 3rd attempt at make
> >
> >
> > soo...my question is, is there a way to reset the "state" of  what
> > portmanger things is installed (and what rev's etc...).  i am not even
> > sure if portmanger does this, although i am familiar with rebuilding
> > the pkgdb after i messed up when using portupgrade ;)
> >
> > thanks for any pointers/help!
> >
> > -pete
> >
> >
>
> You could try deleting or editing ignore.db. Mine's in
> /usr/local/share/portmanager/. Also check
> /usr/local/etc/portmanager/pm-020.conf.
>
> Does make run ok inside each ports directory? Just so you know nothing's
> really broken. Maybe delete any work directory before and after.
>
> There is a note in the man page about not interrupting it at some
> critical stage.
>
> Chris
>
>

Thanks Chris, so I'll check out the ignore.db and the pm-020.conf.
The ports are able to build with no problems on their own, which is
wierd.  I'll post back if any of these things work.

-pete



-- 
~~o0OO0o~~
Pete Wright
www.nycbug.org
NYC's *BSD User Group



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