Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:11:31 +0200 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade, xfce4 problems Message-ID: <200904181411.31662.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <d2f26f270904171527w3271a0e3tc958fceeb5707786@mail.gmail.com> References: <d2f26f270904171527w3271a0e3tc958fceeb5707786@mail.gmail.com>
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On Saturday 18 April 2009 00:27:29 Sniper wrote:
> --$ sudo pkgdb -F
> ---> Checking the package registry database
> Stale origin: 'x11/libxfce4mcs': perhaps moved or obsoleted.
> -> The port 'x11/libxfce4mcs' was removed on 2009-03-02 because:
> "got obsolete by xfce 4.6 update"
> -> Hint: libxfce4mcs-4.4.3 is required by the following package(s):
> Terminal-0.2.8.3
<snip list>
> -> Hint: checking for overwritten files...
> -> No files installed by libxfce4mcs-4.4.3 have been overwritten by other
> packages.
> Deinstall libxfce4mcs-4.4.3 ? [no] y
^^^
> ---> Deinstalling 'libxfce4mcs-4.4.3'
> pkg_delete: package 'libxfce4mcs-4.4.3' is required by these other packages
> and may not be deinstalled:
You can tell the portupgrade devs that detecting an installed package has
dependants, asking the user to uninstall it and subsequently calling a command
that b0rks out because the installed package has dependants, is not very user
friendly.
To correct it, pkg_delete -f libxfce4mcs-4.4.3, make -C /usr/ports/ports-
mgmt/portmaster install.
portmaster /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/xfce4
Ok, that last bit was mean, but yea, /usr/ports/UPDATING explains the
procedure.
--
Mel
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