From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 28 01:54:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB83A16A420 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:54:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mezz7@cox.net) Received: from centrmmtao02.cox.net (centrmmtao02.cox.net [70.168.83.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E95143D6E for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:54:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mezz7@cox.net) Received: from mezz.mezzweb.com ([68.103.32.140]) by centrmmtao02.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20060228015428.XLPM8484.centrmmtao02.cox.net@mezz.mezzweb.com>; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:54:28 -0500 To: "Kris Kennaway" References: <440377FF.4020502@kelleycows.com> <20060227225357.GA87738@xor.obsecurity.org> <20060228014641.GA26933@xor.obsecurity.org> Message-ID: From: "Jeremy Messenger" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:55:46 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20060228014641.GA26933@xor.obsecurity.org> User-Agent: Opera M2/8.52 (Linux, build 1631) Cc: Christopher Kelley , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libtool note in UPDATING X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:54:33 -0000 On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:46:41 -0600, Kris Kennaway 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 >> 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