Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 04:45:40 +0200 From: Abu Khaled <khaled.abu@gmail.com> To: racerx@makeworld.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a question about the pkg_add and "make install clean" Message-ID: <a64c109e05032818454f763f94@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4248BFC0.6050001@makeworld.com> References: <20050328204621.9AB0316A576@hub.freebsd.org> <BAY104-F917D72A41AE4A33322A3EB5450@phx.gbl> <a64c109e05032818254742efcc@mail.gmail.com> <4248BFC0.6050001@makeworld.com>
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:38:56 -0600, Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote: > Abu Khaled wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 01:12:10 +0000, well sun <sunwell@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I had install the freebsd5.3 with custom setup and only install > >> the source code and base, not install xorg and perl. Then I use cvsup > >> to upgrade stable source code and current ports. After doing these, I > >> want to install the kde3 and gnome2. But I found when I use the > >> pkg_add command, freebsd will go to the directory under "5.3-release", > >> it is older than the installation using "make install clean" command. > >> For example, when I use pkg_add xorg, it will install 6.7 version. > >> When I use "make install clean", it will install 6.8.2 version. How > >> can I make them to install same versions? Another question is, when I > >> install the xorg-clients, it give me a error message that "libc.so.6" > >> not found, and many reference to *GL.so not found, how can I fix it? I > >> had get the latest X11R7-src{1,2,3}.tar.bz2. > >> > > > > > > My guess would be that you did not build/install world/kernel. So the > > package system still defaults to your 5.3 release branch. The > > sources/ports you updated must be for the development brach > > FreeBSD-5.X, also known as FreeBSD 5-STABLE "RELENG 5" > > > > Check your CVSUP configuration (supfile). > > if default tag=RELENG_5 then you are tracking 5.4 STABLE and you need > > to buildworld/kernel and install (check the handbook). > > > > If you don't whant to buildworld/kernel then change "tag=RELENG_5" to > > "tag=RELENG_5_3", cvsup again and your sources/ports well be the same > > as PACKAGES (the older ones) > > > > This is flat out wrong. The cvsup of the src tree and the ports tree are > seperate. You would use 2 seperate cvs files. > > Now, you "could" combine them I suppose (I dont know out right - I have > not done this. If you cvsup the ports tree (and it sounds like you may > have, by doing so, you have pulled in a "newer" tree of the ports. Thus, > a make install would get you the newest installs (pending on when you > cvsuped the ports tree) of those programs. > > Using pkg_add is simply going out to the FBSD site and installing the > binary (pre compiled) versions that were released when the OS was released. > > The proper tag for getting the latest ports tree under 5.3-RELEASE would > be this in the ports-supfile: > > *default release=cvs tag=. > > Remeber, as long as you keep your ports tree up to date, the packages > will always be outdated. > > You can find all this out by simply reading the handbook online. > > Please try to know what your talking about before confusing a newbie. > > -- > Best regards, > Chris > > Virtue is its own punishment. > You are right I also noticed that the second part of my reply was wrong just after I clicked SEND :( -- Kind regards Abu Khaled
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