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Date:      Wed, 01 Oct 2014 21:40:35 -0500
From:      Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pkg/ports system terribly messed up?
Message-ID:  <3029778.sRTk01SrzP@blackbeast>
In-Reply-To: <542B9598.5030302@gwdg.de>
References:  <20140930081301.55bc5629.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4180223.sAzr7DGzUz@blackbeast> <542B9598.5030302@gwdg.de>

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On Wednesday, October 01, 2014 7:48:08 AM Rainer Hurling wrote:
> Am 01.10.2014 um 05:44 schrieb Chuck Burns:
> > On Tuesday, September 30, 2014 8:13:01 AM O. Hartmann wrote:
> >> Hello.
> >> 
> >> I just made the last update of the ports yesterday (I use 
portmaster -da
> >> performing this task) and obviously or superficially everything 
went all
> >> right.
> > 
> > <snip>
> > 
> > It's portmaster actually.  While it -usually- works great, I've noticed
> > that occassionally it loops like that.
> > 
> > kill the script, upgrade the port that is looping.
> 
> Because it seems that I have the same problem as Oliver: What script 
you
> are talking about?
> 
> > That usually fixes it.

portmaster is just a (not-so-)simple shell script.  Kill portmaster (CTRL-C 
a few times) then build the offending port with "make && make 
deinstall reinstall clean"

-- 
Chuck



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