Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:07:53 +0400 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: John DeStefano <john.destefano@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade stale dependencies Message-ID: <cb5206420510172307n7f7f3dc4o632a7822b192b814@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f2160e0d0510171754v1b8afbfcg1d7717da0cdfff10@mail.gmail.com> References: <f2160e0d0510151746n28cdbb25s2150337c0c6f7cfc@mail.gmail.com> <cb5206420510151821u7f57301ej40baac1ee7bcc08@mail.gmail.com> <f2160e0d0510171754v1b8afbfcg1d7717da0cdfff10@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/18/05, John DeStefano <john.destefano@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/15/05, Andrew P. <infofarmer@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 10/16/05, John DeStefano <john.destefano@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm trying to use portupgrade to update my installed ports. I ran int= o > > > trouble with dependencies with ImageMagick and xorg-libraries, and I = then > > > followed the suggestion in UPDATING to delete XFree86 the imake-4 pac= kages, > > > and install the full xorg port. > > > > > > After all that, I got more dependency errors: > > > 'Stale dependency: aalib-1.4.r5_1 --> imake-4.3.0_1 -- manually run '= pkgdb > > > -F' to fix, or specify -O to force.' > > > > > > 'pkgdb -O' returned an invalid option error, and 'pkgdb -o aalib-1.4.= r5_1' > > > returned 'graphics/aalib'. I then ran 'pkgdb -F' to try and fix this = (and > > > many, many other) stale dependencies, but the error I got when trying= to run > > > portupgrade afterward simply changed the stale dependency error to ' > > > aalib-1.4.r5_1 --> XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6'. > > > > > > How does one get around these dependency errors without destroying a = system? > > > Any good resources on dealing with this? I keep reading that I should= just > > > run 'pkgdb -F' but that only gets one so far. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > ~John > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > If you don't have a whole free week, consider > > deinstalling every port on your system (with > > pkg_deinstall preferably), installing cvsup, > > updating your ports tree, installing portupgrade, > > and portinstalling all the ports you really need. > > That should only take a couple of days :-) > > > > You're not kidding... between fixing these dependencies, trying to > upgrade the ports, fixing more dependencies, upgrading ports, etc. ad > nausem, I'm literally on my 9th straight day (obviously I don't mean > 24/7... I have a day job and something of a life) of trying to get > through this process. > > And all this just because I wanted to install mbstring (so phpMyadmin > would stop barking about it), and I needed to perform some "simple > updates" first... > > Any pointers, alternatives, etc., would be appreciated. > > BTW, I can no longer automatically update my ports list (I mean with > 'portsdb -Uu' instead of fetching a premade index) due to a > "chinese/acroread-chsfont failed" error. I see via Google that this > port was removed due to a "security vulnerability", but I don't know > how to remove it from my system, and UPDATING doesn't seem to mention > it. Help? > > Thanks, > ~John > Either cvsup or portsnap extract should remove it.
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