Date: 14 Oct 2013 17:48:33 -0000 From: Scott Ballantyne <sdb@ssr.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advice sought on Portmaster -Faf and deleted ports Message-ID: <20131014174833.58154.qmail@irelay.ssr.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1310132302220.82895@wonkity.com> (message from Warren Block on Sun, 13 Oct 2013 23:03:13 -0600 (MDT)) References: <20131013200236.7874.qmail@irelay.ssr.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1310132302220.82895@wonkity.com>
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> > > Hi, > > > > I'm following the recipe at the end of man portmaster for deleting and > > reinstalling all my ports, which I have done many times in the > > past. This time, I am getting errors on the portmaster -Faf step > > involving deleted ports, and I'm not sure how to deal with this > > easily. > > What errors, exactly? Well, for example: portmaster -Faf it starts to fetch a bunch of files it finds a port which has been deleted, such as linux-base-fc4 and it says, "linux-base-fc4" has been deleted. terminating terminating terminating etc. > > > So, I am seeking expert advice here. Is there a way to automate this > > and keep myself out of trouble, or do I need to do a 'port-by-port' > > upgrade of each port? > > It should "just work". Have you converted to pkgng? > I dream of the day that the ports system will "just work". I don't use binary packages, are you saying that pkgng will deal with this issue automatically? Thanks, Scott
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