Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:07:02 +0100 From: "Mon Si" <mon.si@gmx.net> To: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org>, mnslinky@gmail.com Cc: stephen@math.missouri.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_delete: package 'xorg-drivers-7.3' doesn't have a prefix Message-ID: <20071231120702.203150@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20071230180415.bvf80bd6hsgk48cc@www.boosten.org> References: <20071228175444.93100@gmx.net> <477544BC.4070009@math.missouri.edu> <584BD35A-01ED-495C-B579-1507C0444E3E@gmail.com> <20071230180415.bvf80bd6hsgk48cc@www.boosten.org>
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Peter Boosten wrote, on 12/30/07 18:04: > Quoting Eric Crist <mnslinky@gmail.com>: >> On Dec 28, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: >>> Mon Si wrote: >>>> Dear list, >>>> I'm experiencing problems when I try to portupgrade the >>>> xorg-driver port. The old version of the port can't be >>>> uninstalled during the portupgrade due to an undefined prefix. >>>> The port can't be deleted by "pkg_delete -f xorg-drivers-7.3" >>>> Does anybody know how to upgrade / remove this port? >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> Simon >>> >>> If nothing else works, you could try >>> rm -rf /var/db/pkg/xorg-drivers-7.3 >> >> If I remember correctly, there are detailed instructions in >> /usr/ports/UPDATING -- go back to notes for sometime in May of >> 2007, and there's a really long entry on upgraded to Xorg 7.x >> from 6.9. I think the entry specifically mentions 7.2, but it >> should work for 7.3 as well. >> > > The following worked for me: In > /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xorg-drivers do make config > > then portupgrade -f xorg-drivers > > Peter > Thanks a lot for the suggestions! Removing /var/db/pkg/xorg-drivers-7.3 worked, the "make config && portupgrade -f xorg-drivers" method gave me the same error message as before. However I don't really understand why this prefix thing shows up well after the upgrade from 6.9 to 7.2. Perhaps I cvsup'd at a bad time. Simon -- -- -- -- GMX FreeMail: 1 GB Postfach, 5 E-Mail-Adressen, 10 Free SMS. Alle Infos und kostenlose Anmeldung: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freemail
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