Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:34:47 -0500 From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gettext problem in FreeBSD 8.3 system hosed Message-ID: <CAJ5UdcOA=LxhmmtWUMY-tfpLxQc_UqBDz72M4vd_vBoYQwZwMQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ5UdcNEgtDWydJZF8iHxCnBepFivP71HdvM1V6kaoLjCnrYiQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ5UdcNEgtDWydJZF8iHxCnBepFivP71HdvM1V6kaoLjCnrYiQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Dear folks, On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear folks, > > As following /usr/port/UPDATING, I ran into a bit of trouble. System > is hosed and I cannot update any ports. I tried to follow advice > here: > > 20130316: > AFFECTS: users of converters/libiconv and devel/gettext > AUTHOR: bapt@FreeBSD.org > > libiconv now handles the lib/charset.alias file instead of devel/gettext. > If you are using pkgng 'and' upgrading from source with portupgrade or > portmaster, first delete gettext, upgrade libiconv, then reinstall gettext. > > # pkg delete -f devel/gettext > # portmaster converters/libiconv devel/gettext > or > # pkg delete -f devel/gettext > # portupgrade converters/libiconv devel/gettext > > but I get error(s) in gettext. I see that there is a small problem > with gettext: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=177176 > > How can I get around it, I made errors by deleting devel/gmake, and > devel/glib20 and I tried to reinstall these, I did a make deinstall > reinstall to see if I could bypass the error, but update(s) always > fail with gettext. Any ideas/suggestions to fix this problem? > > Thanks in Advance, > > > Antonio In case if anyone is wondering which error I am encountering: It is the following: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2013-February/081576.html http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=38558 devel/glib20 fails to build also with error: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=177069 I have tried to follow the instructions included in /usr/ports/UPDATING but I have not succeeded in this machine. I am thinking of moving it to 8.4-BETA1 release and then reworking the ports or deleting them and restarting in case of not having replies I have gotten myself out of trouble before but it can take days to get the machine back in working order :( Best Regards, Antonio
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