From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 13 23:24:01 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ECB516A4CF; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 23:24:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (creme-brulee.marcuscom.com [24.172.16.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7B2E43D5E; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 23:24:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from shumai.marcuscom.com (shumai.marcuscom.com [192.168.1.4]) j2DNOGvP085845; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:24:16 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:23:32 -0500 (EST) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Chuck Robey In-Reply-To: <20050313174848.N74062@april.chuckr.org> Message-ID: <20050313182227.A65041@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <1110628437.30113.23.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20050312165444.GA42687@carrick.bishnet.net> <42332468.1050904@FreeBSD.org> <20050313174848.N74062@april.chuckr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users cc: ports@freebsd.org cc: Tim Bishop Subject: Re: Presenting GNOME 2.10 for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 23:24:01 -0000 On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Sat, 12 Mar 2005, Adam Weinberger wrote: > >> Tim Bishop wrote: >>> On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 06:53:57AM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >>> >>>> As always, GNOME users should _not_ use portupgrade alone to upgrade to >>>> 2.10. Instead, get the gnome_upgrade.sh script from >>>> http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/gnome_upgrade.sh (note: you may have to >>>> wait for the website to sync before the script is updated for 2.10. You >>>> can get the latest version at >>>> http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/gnome_upgrade29.sh if you don't want >>>> to wait). >>> >>> >>> Not overly impressed so far. The upgrade script (the second link above) >>> carefully removed a long list of ports, then failed later on building >>> openoffice. I'm now left with a system that's nicely crippled. >>> >>> I can put it back together - but it doesn't seem that "safe". >> >> Your system isn't crippled, Tim. In /var/tmp, you have a file named >> gnome_upgrade_lst.XXXXX (the X's are random chars). All you have to do >> is fix the openoffice build problem -- or remove the openoffice line >> from that file, and do: >> >> gnome_upgrade.sh -restart /var/tmp/gnome_upgrade_lst.XXXXX >> >> and it will pick up where it left off. > > This is nice info ... where is this script documented? Other questions > pop to mind, like exactly what's happening in all those many, many > dependenciy questions, and when you say "delete", are you deleting files, > or entries in a list, or what, exactly? > > That's a pretty intense script, it needs some documentation, I hope I just > missed it. The script is very simple, and self-documenting. Just run it after reading /usr/ports/UPDATING and http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/docs/faq210.html. Then follow the on-screen prompts. If you need more information, just read the script's code. It's written in Bourne shell. Joe > >> >> # Adam >> >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, > chuckr@chuckr.org | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy. > > New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up > fictitious words in the dictionary (on the wall at my old fraternity, > Signa Phi Nothing). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc