Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:49:28 -0500 (EST) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com>, Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@nojunk.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't make certain ports Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001171445510.14175-100000@peloton.runet.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001171920430.16393-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Hi, On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > One of the responders to your question said 'make clean' removes the > old source. I believe that this is incorrect. It removes the old > OBJECT code, which of course is generated when the source is compiled. > When a port is updated, at least three things must happen for you to > be able to use the new version. This is vague at best - make clean, in a port, removes everything in the work directory and the work directory itself. It does not touch anything in /usr/ports/distfiles. > First, 'pkg_delete' or 'make deinstall'. It would seem to me that > once you have cvsupped, the PKG list may have changed for the new > version of the port, so a 'pkg_delete' would be more likely to remove > every vestige of the old package. The package listing in /var/db/pkg holds the old packing list. You can have an updated version of a particular port, but the package registry maintains the packing list for the version you installed. > Second, 'make', possibly preceded by a 'make clean' just to be safe, > if you like. This fetches and compiles the source, of course, and > produces the binaries and man pages. If you have no work directory, make clean is just holding you up. :-) > I think one potential area of confusion is this: Again, IF I > UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY (and i think i do ;-) 'make deinstall' calls > pkg_delete, but if the makefile has been changed by a recent cvsup, > there is always the possibility this may not work correctly, although > it SHOULD. I generally use pkg_delete just to be safe. Nope - as noted above - make deinstall calls pkg_delete which reads off its OWN original packing list, not what's in /usr/ports/some_dir/some_port/pkg/PLIST. Brett ***************************************************** Dr. Brett Taylor brett@peloton.runet.edu * Dept of Chem and Physics * Curie 39A (540) 831-6147 * Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics * Walker 234 (540) 831-5410 * ***************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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