Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:09:55 -0400 From: Gerard <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Resolution: Portmanager stuck in a loop Message-ID: <20080630150955.447762f8@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <7E88CE27089FBA4DAF28262B761808863FD734@MAIL01.caprio.corp> References: <7E88CE27089FBA4DAF28262B761808863FD6DB@MAIL01.caprio.corp> <1214577239.63129.7.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com> <7E88CE27089FBA4DAF28262B761808863FD6FF@MAIL01.caprio.corp> <1214578557.63129.14.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com> <7E88CE27089FBA4DAF28262B761808863FD734@MAIL01.caprio.corp>
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--Sig_/0lKUhOJGQnCo8xBS3cXi52C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:25:26 -0400 "Josh Hanson" <JoshHanson@capriomgt.com> wrote: > After some very helpful further discussions with Robert, I tried > running "portmanger -u -p -l -y" to re-build everything, with no > success. Further digging established that my pkg_info database was > very confused. (For example, pkg_info reported that cdrtools is > required by xorg-server and lots of x drivers, which it clearly is > not.) >=20 > How it got that bad on such a fresh system is a mystery. I don't know > what I could have done to mess it up. >=20 > On a whim, I tried running "pkgdb -F" and "pkgdb -fU", but it didn't > make anything better. >=20 > Robert suggested that I run pkg_delete -a to start from scratch. I ran > it as an experiment, and it looks like it'd probably work, but as long > as I'm starting from scratch I might as well go all out and reinstall > FreeBSD. I don't yet have any data on this system, so I literally have > nothing to lose, and who knows what else I may have screwed up along > the way? :) Before going that route, update your ports tree. Next, run: portmanager -u -f -l -y That will rebuild your entire system. I did that once and it did correct a lot of problems. The down side is that it will rebuild every port that you have installed and consequently consume a considerable amount of time if you have many ports installed; i.e. open office for instance. Since you have nothing to lose, I would try it out. Before you do it though, clean out all of the 'portmanger' files in the '/tmp' directory to insure that you get a fresh build, and be sure to start with the latest ports updates. --=20 Gerard gerard@seibercom.net Two wrongs are only the beginning. Kohn --Sig_/0lKUhOJGQnCo8xBS3cXi52C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEUEARECAAYFAkhpL4MACgkQ6DWTaTcTwMlJMQCWIaIR5zg9L0Kvnw7XFVJSFqNu 2ACeLcJTuniw70DdwPbAWxt6Dj8QNQ4= =M4Bv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/0lKUhOJGQnCo8xBS3cXi52C--
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