Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 10:36:09 -0500 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Repairing an inconsistent system Message-ID: <42500D69.7000309@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <1112542205.20536.7.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> References: <1112542205.20536.7.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca>
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Mike Jeays wrote:
> I made a mess of my 5.3 installation. I cvsupped the ports tree, and
> then tried to get the gtk interface to Ruby to work, and reinstalled the
> port for gtk20. Firefox and Evolution then stopped working, complaining
> about missing libraries such as libgtk-x11-2.0.so.400 being absent -
> they have been replaced by ..so.600.
>
> I tried doing ln -s ...600 ... 400, and the result was even worse; the
> applications ran, but all the text was scrambled. So I copied the
> original libraries over from another machine, and things SEEM back to
> normal. But I now have a machine that has libraries that don't match
> the ports tree.
>
> How should I get myself out of this self-inflicted mess? Re-install
> gtk20, followed by all the applications that depend on it?
As a rule of thumb, after cvsuping the ports tree, BEFORE you run
portugrade/portmanager - READ /usr/ports/UPDATING.
This also applies to the src tree. The reading of /usr/src/UPDATING
should be second nature by now.
These files give you a heads up on things that have
changed/added/removed and give you clues on how to handle issues (should
they exist).
Many helpful scripts can be created to do what's needed within that file.
--
Best regards,
Chris
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