Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:11:23 -0500 From: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Messages while (re)installing portupgrade Message-ID: <52560CCB.6070407@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <81783.1381361719@server1.tristatelogic.com> References: <81783.1381361719@server1.tristatelogic.com>
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On 10/9/2013 6:35 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
>=20
>=20
> Because I just switched from ruby1.8 to ruby1.9 I've had to
> rebuild and reinstall my ports-mgmt/portupgrade port. That all
> went well, but I got some messages at the end of the re-install
> process that I've never noticed before, and they are all rather
> befuddling to me:
>=20
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------=
-------
> Fill ALT_PKGDEP section in pkgtools.conf file for portupgrade to =
be
> aware of alternative dependencies you use.
> E.g.
> ALT_PKGDEP =3D {
> # Use the -nox11 port when another port depends on category/por=
texample
> 'category/portexample' =3D> 'category/portexample-nox11',
> }
>=20
> Note also, portupgrade knows nothing about how to handle ports wi=
th
> different suffixes (E.g. -nox11). So you should explicitly define=
> variables (E.g. WITHOUT_X11=3Dyes) for the ports in /etc/make.con=
f or
> pkgtools.conf (MAKE_ARGS section) files.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------=
-------
>=20
> I have no idea what any of the above means. Should I be at all concern=
ed?
This has been here for many years. You can safely ignore this. It is
just a way to override port dependencies if you want without needing to
modify the port files.
>=20
> Where exactly is this alleged "pkgtools.conf" file. I looked in /etc.
> It ain't there. I've never even heard of it until today.
portupgrade supports a config file in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf
>=20
> I grok the general idea that there may be a file someplace (called
> "pkgtools.conf") wherein one may explicitly override various otherwise
> hardwired inter-port dependencies, but what has that got to do with
> me?
>=20
> I _do_ use X, so none of the rest of this stuff seems the least bit
> relevant to anything I am doing. Am I perhaps mistaken?
--=20
Regards,
Bryan Drewery
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