Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 08:56:55 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: 520023893678-0001@t-online.de (Peter Ulrich Kruppa) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: portupgrade ??? Message-ID: <20020916155655.3BB095D06@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 16 Sep 2002 12:35:54 -0000." <20020916123523.M83975-100000@small.pukruppa.de>
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> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 12:35:54 +0000 (GMT) > From: 520023893678-0001@t-online.de (Peter Ulrich Kruppa) > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > Hi, > > probably this is a very stupid question and I missed some manual: > > I installed portupgrade on my -STABLE and when I type > # portupgrade > I get > > ** Error occured reading /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf: > undefined method `+' for nil > > What is this? And how do I edit my pkgtools.conf to track -STABLE > ports? This is an old one that most everyone using portupgrade hits. If you have not customized pkgtools.conf, just remove it and: cp /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf.sample /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf The problem is that there were changes to portupgrade that required changes in this file, but since it is designed to contain local customization, cvsup does not touch it. If you have made local customizations, just edit the file at about line 89 to read: ENV['PORTSDIR'] ||= '/usr/ports' ENV['PACKAGES'] ||= ENV['PORTSDIR'] + '/packages' ENV['PKG_PATH'] ||= ENV['PACKAGES'] + '/All' (I know one of these lines is missing. I just don't remember which one.) Then run portupgrade as per the man page. (Typically this means: portupgrade -Rra or portupgrade -Rr PACKAGE_NAME or (if the port is not installed) portinstall PACKAGE_NAME Note that the PACKAGE_NAME does NOT include a version or directory. Examples: portupgrade -Rr XFree86-Server open-motif most portinstall acroread R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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