Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:18:45 -0600 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "portmaster -o" behaves a little strangely (IMHO) Message-ID: <20120124151845.31ed1fd3@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <4F1F153A.50004@FreeBSD.org> References: <20120124081905.5f497763@cox.net> <4F1F153A.50004@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:31:54 -0800 Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 01/24/2012 06:19, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > ===>>> Gathering dependency list for lang/gcc46 from ports > > ===>>> Launching child to update gcc-4.4.7.20111108 to > > gcc-4.4.7.20120117 > > lang/gcc46 >> gcc-4.4.7.20111108 > > > > (What is the preceding line -- with the ">>" -- and the similar one > > below, supposed to be indicating exactly? If it means what I think > > it does, then it seems as if portmaster is misinterpreting the > > intention of the "-o" option) > > No, it means that the ports framework is seeing 4.4 as a dependency of > 4.6 for some reason. I've seen that happen in the past when non-base > gcc was in use, but have never had anyone track down the cause > authoritatively. Obviously make.conf is a suspect, but I'm assuming > you already looked there. > > What you probably have to do is pkg_delete -f 4.4, then do the same > portmaster -o command but with 'lang/gcc44' as the second argument. Yes, using origin designators in both places worked. Is this an unwritten requirement in the case of the -o option? Anyway, moving merrily along... :-) Thanks! -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net
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