Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:34:16 +0300 From: Panagiotis Astithas <past@noc.ntua.gr> To: Doug Hockin <dhockin@staffware-spokane.com> Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: jdk1.4 on FreeBSD 5.2.1 Message-ID: <40E10D68.4030701@noc.ntua.gr> In-Reply-To: <40E0A30E.1090701@staffware-spokane.com> References: <200406260001.UAA15135@hood.nxlkhost.com> <40E0A30E.1090701@staffware-spokane.com>
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Doug Hockin wrote: >> Did you update your ports tree before attempting this? > > > No. Thanks for the advice -- I'm new to FreeBSD. > > I started a 'portsupdate', but 5-6 times it's stopped > asking for operator input. It puts out what is probably > intended to be nicely formatted output, but in my > emacs shell buffer ends up as a bunch of gobbledygook. > I've typed 'ok' in response to each one and it's progressing, > but slowly since I'm not at work to babysit it 24 hrs-a-day. > I came in twice over the weekend to get it going again > and had to start it again with an 'ok' this morning when I got in. > > I stopped it part way thru and tried the '-y' option that > I found in the portsupdate man page, but that doesn't > help -- it still sits and waits for my input. > > It would seem more reasonable to me to default to > 'yes' rather that stopping to ask for input, but maybe > I'm missing something. If by 'portsupdate' you mean 'portupgrade', then you can have an unattended operation by using the following option: portupgrade -m 'BATCH=yes' Cheers, -- Panagiotis Astithas Electrical & Computer Engineer, PhD Network Management Center National Technical University of Athens, Greece
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