Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:09:11 -0500 From: Tom Worster <fsb@thefsb.org> To: Ed Flecko <edflecko@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: "portmaster -a" command fails - *** Error code 1 Message-ID: <C996A25C.F323%fsb@thefsb.org> In-Reply-To: <4D71316C.9040505@qeng-ho.org>
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these situations arise quite often where you have to delete a port before portmaster will continue. sometimes you can predict it by reading /usr/ports/UPDATING not that this is the only reason to read UPDATING. On 3/4/11 1:37 PM, "Arthur Chance" <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> wrote: >On 03/04/11 17:36, Ed Flecko wrote: >> Thanks Aurthur. >> >> :-) >> >> It's funny...I DID what it asks and it still didn't work (make >>deinstall, etc.). > >A tip for the future: always say what you've tried. It lets us save our >waning mind reading powers for important cases, like working out what >the wife actually wants for her birthday when all she says is "oh, any >little thing will do". :-) > >> Apparently, I installed it from a package, so I did a pkg_delete >> automake and then started my portmaster -a again and it seems to be >> running fine. > >Ah, the third option which I forgot to mention. It's always the option >one forgets to mention that works. > >In theory package install and port install are supposed to be the same >(modulo config options). In practice there are odd cases, and automake >seems to provoke them. Thinking back, I've had to pkg_delete it before >now in order to upgrade, and I always install from ports. > >_______________________________________________ >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"
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