From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 24 01:07:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 445E4106564A for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:07:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from smtp1.betherenow.co.uk (smtp1.betherenow.co.uk [87.194.0.68]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CF5CA8FC13 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:07:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from [192.168.1.72] (93-97-24-219.zone5.bethere.co.uk [93.97.24.219]) by smtp1.betherenow.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id D13BB428674; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:07:01 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <497A69B5.7060401@onetel.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:07:01 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090113) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eduardo Cerejo References: <20090122200026.08be1e7a.ejcerejo@optonline.net> <4979F883.6000304@onetel.com> <20090123180930.e7bf8d11.ejcerejo@optonline.net> <497A668D.4050501@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: <497A668D.4050501@onetel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Portmanager gives me an error message X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:07:03 -0000 Chris Whitehouse wrote: > Eduardo Cerejo wrote: >> On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:04:03 +0000 >> Chris Whitehouse wrote: >> >>> Eduardo Cerejo wrote: >>>> I'm trying to upgrade any port with portmanager because portupgrade >>>> keeps failing all the time. No matter what port I try to upgrade I >>>> get this error: >>>> >>>> sudo portmanager x11/xterm -l -u >>> According to the man page you don't need the -u when doing a single >>> port, see EXAMPLES. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>>> Password: >>>> MGrStrlen error: NULL marker not found in string >>>> Assertion failed: (0), function MGrStrlen, file MGrStrlen.c, line 54. >>>> Abort >>>> >>>> I'm running FreeBSD 7.1 release. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> I want it to do the same thing that 'portupgrade -R whateverport' does > > What happens if you run as root > > # portmanager x11/xterm -l > > ? > What version of portmanager are you using? > > # portmanager -v In fact (replying to my own message :p) chrisw@muji% portmanager -v portmanager must be run as root