Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 11:32:45 +0000 From: Hunter Fuller <hackmiester@hackmiester.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: nubie question - Ports - Ruby 1.8.4 Message-ID: <095C7377-2C61-410A-86F2-2FD6A1ED76A6@hackmiester.com>
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On 02 May 2006, at 9:52 PM, Bakki Kudva wrote: > FIXED! I have Ruby 1.8.4 in my tree now. > > I had not done... > # portsnap extract > > I was a bit mislead because when I did > # portsnap fetch > after downloading it said it was 'extracting'. So I skipped > extract. My bad. > > I still would like to ask you gurus a couple of questions if I may. > > 1. During sysinstall it had asked me if I wanted the ports collection > installed which had 13,000 apps, would take 400MB of space yada yada > yada...I assumed by saying yes and since I was installing off the boot > only CD I would get the LATEST ports from the main site. Why didn't I? > In chapter 4.5 of the handbook portsnap is given as an alternative to > sysinstall. So what is the difference between ports installed via > sysinstall vs. that from portsnap? > Shouldn't be one... =/ > > 2. Unrelated: I did a pkg_version and see that there are a whole bunch > of packages (may be 80-90%) which need updating. I am just trying > FreeBSD for now on my laptop which is an old Gateway with Pentium II > 400 MHz. It took nearly 2-3 days > !!!!!!! > (it would pause with some dialog > which needed human input so I am not sure how long it might have taken > with me sitting in front of it all the time) to install gnome2 from > the ports. I don't know how long it might take to do a complete system > upgrade. So the question I have is on current technology (say Athlon64 > or Coreduo with 1GB of RAM) how long does it take to install a > complete system + upgrade it to the ports tree for a X-developer > workstation? Sorry about the loaded question. > Whoah, that should NOT have taken that long. On my el cheapo DSL connection, it takes at most 3 hours to do a port upgrade on my 200mHz Pentium. I would say the Internet speed is hte limiting factor, not the hardware... what sort of connection do you have? > > Thank you all for helping me resolve this so fast. > > -bakki > > On 5/2/06, Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> wrote: > >> On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 04:37:03PM -0400, Bakki Kudva wrote: >> > I am still running into this problem. I upgraded my ports using >> > portsnap. Ruby version in my ports tree is still 1.8.2 >> (according to >> > distinfo) while on the web site it shows as ruby-1.8.4_6,1 >> > >> > Also the distinfo on the web site the version was upgraded to 1.8.4 >> > about 3 months ago! >> > >> > So why am I not pulling in the newer version? >> > >> > baffled, >> >> Hmm. The first time you use portsnap to update your ports tree, you >> need to >> >> # portsnap fetch >> # portsnap extract >> >> Then, at subsequent updates, you say >> >> # portsnap fetch >> # portsnap update >> >> You need to run both to update properly. >> >> If that doesn't get you sorted, we'll take another look! >> >> Dan >> >> -- >> Daniel Bye >> >> PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc >> PGP Key fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 >> 166A >> >> _ >> ASCII ribbon >> campaign ( ) >> - against HTML, vCards >> and X >> - proprietary attachments in e- >> mail / \ >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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