Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:55:46 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Christopher Kelley <bsd@kelleycows.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libtool note in UPDATING Message-ID: <op.s5nua81v9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <20060228014641.GA26933@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <440377FF.4020502@kelleycows.com> <20060227225357.GA87738@xor.obsecurity.org> <op.s5ntodyp9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20060228014641.GA26933@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:46:41 -0600, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 07:42:03PM -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote: >> On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:53:57 -0600, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> >> wrote: >> >> >On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 02:06:55PM -0800, Christopher Kelley wrote: >> >>Am I reading the entry for libtool in UPDATING correctly? It seems to >> >>me to basically say "There's no way to tell you how to successfully >> >>update your ports with the new libtool, hope you really understand how >> >>all the ports interact with each other, good night and good luck." >> >> >> >>Now, I *DO* sort of understand the need for this change from reading >> the >> >>entry, and I'm not arguing the fact that the change needed to be >> made. I >> >>just don't know where to go from here because now I'm afraid to update >> >>any of my ports since I'm not sure I would understand the output of >> the >> >>-n flag enough to figure out how to update my ports. >> >> >> >>Is there a more straightforward explanation of how to upgrade ports >> with >> >>the new libtool? >> > >> >Basically, portupgrade -a should be OK (but watch out for the perl >> >upgrade as well, i.e. read that entry too). If you run into problems >> >let us know; I'd like to refine that entry with a working prescription >> >before the release. >> >> I doubt the 'portupgrade -a' will working on any ports that depend on >> glib12, gtk12 and etc. > > Probably those all need portrevision bumps since the libraries changed > name. I have no idea if ade is working on or not... http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-ports/2006-February/088170.html Cheers, Mezz > Kris -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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