From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 26 00:12:33 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BF68942 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:12:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0C89B02 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:12:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UKHVV-0002xz-C0 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:12:53 +0100 Received: from pool-173-79-84-117.washdc.fios.verizon.net ([173.79.84.117]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:12:53 +0100 Received: from nightrecon by pool-173-79-84-117.washdc.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:12:53 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Subject: Re: gettext problem in FreeBSD 8.3 system hosed Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:12:14 -0400 Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-173-79-84-117.washdc.fios.verizon.net X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: nightrecon@hotmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:12:33 -0000 Antonio Olivares wrote: [snip] >> 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 [snip] > > 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 :( > Not exactly an answer here, in terms of recovery, but more along the lines of trying to figure out how it happened. Did you previously convert this machine to pkgng? The reason I ask is the instructions in UPDATING _only_ apply if you did so. If you did not, then you did not need to pay any attention to that section in UPDATING. I have not yet investigated the changeover to pkgng. I recently just did a portupgrade -a without doing as UPDATING suggested and had no difficulty with either port. So if you have not converted to pkgng then there is/was a misunderstanding in the reading of UPDATING. If you did convert to pkgng then you are in new territory I have not seen yet, and the point is moot. -Mike