Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 08:41:09 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net> To: Trey Sizemore <trey@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE issues after recent portupgrade Message-ID: <200501230841.10791.reso3w83@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <1106498400.61888.3.camel@localhost> References: <1106443760.1123.7.camel@localhost> <200501230830.51867.reso3w83@verizon.net> <1106498400.61888.3.camel@localhost>
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On Sunday 23 January 2005 08:40 am, you wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 08:30 -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> > To not uninstall them, but to properly upgrade your installed ports
> > with
> > sysutils/portmanager.
>
> I'd tried with portupgrade, but it seems that is what caused the most
> recent issues. I've not used portmanager before. Would that be a
> better alternative to portupgrade?
Yes. portupgrade screws up the port registration files when you run
pkgdb -F. These are the files in /var/db/pkg/{portname}/+CONTENTS
Portmanager does not mess with the registration files and can usually
straighten out the damage caused by pkgdb -F. As portmanager runs it
gives you good feedback on what it is doing and why, and if you
disagree or just question something it is perfectly safe to ctrl-C out
of it. When start again and it will just pick up from when you left
off.
-Mike
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