Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 00:30:56 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "portmaster -a" command fails - *** Error code 1 Message-ID: <20110305003056.0b3c14fc@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <4D71316C.9040505@qeng-ho.org> References: <AANLkTimk=midcRap61NHSWjVPoU241EGaurbQTEw=Azc@mail.gmail.com> <C9967A30.F2A4%fsb@thefsb.org> <AANLkTinXTbm5sV39%2Btr%2BRnTk=VzFYRjk_ruNWLzLiPKb@mail.gmail.com> <4D711EE0.9010909@qeng-ho.org> <AANLkTimroD1Yw%2B9tENp4r8QK3nSZvh4wpUZ0JWbB9GHH@mail.gmail.com> <4D71316C.9040505@qeng-ho.org>
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On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:37:32 +0000 Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> wrote: > On 03/04/11 17:36, Ed Flecko wrote: > > Thanks Aurthur. > > > > :-) > > > > It's funny...I DID what it asks and it still didn't work (make > > deinstall, etc.). > ... > > Apparently, I installed it from a package, so I did a pkg_delete > > automake and then started my portmaster -a again and it seems to be > > running fine. > > Ah, the third option which I forgot to mention. It's always the > option one forgets to mention that works. > > In theory package install and port install are supposed to be the > same (modulo config options). In practice there are odd cases, and > automake seems to provoke them. Thinking back, I've had to pkg_delete > it before now in order to upgrade, and I always install from ports. It's not really a matter of ports verses packages, a make deinstall calls pkg_delete. The suggestion "You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again..." shouldn't be taken too seriously, since it just a standard response to a make install on an already installed port. It probably fails because what's needed is to delete the package, not delete and reinstall.
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