From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 5 00:31:03 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9F691065688 for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2011 00:31:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 448EE8FC14 for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2011 00:31:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb32 with SMTP id 32so3035659wyb.13 for ; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:31:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=f3lCNK9U1jYV3ZuQcZPnF+oew6yTJdK1CPhktJTRDS8=; b=Kw/P5h+8Fy7IrbGkQtV0tfW46rmsKomfzPHRv84RdD2TWCtcL3g1TE0B5aIMJPC/p5 uSxw5wa0OqrVr/pImwfyZeN9y4sNQwD52bhwQ38k48DT1RYLhh75yFL/91zBapBOsxJb ea6VY8dmRZckbIZ6C8xYLiiYaR2fMn2Mr/5U4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=VlgsAyups96wRMY9OJXYvCMokUqMJCdHqsZasoFzsQsMl+ZUpCZcExnHeBgEqRG7Gn RUC7JE9Ao4Ty2cySPdRZECpcYl3mGBt9pZ+KzMGH7sGu/TFF+cgJwPgZe6xRfmVtZcQb 6fFWQJtPqtszWV3euj+FvYorlS5e+jq2E6d2U= Received: by 10.216.171.133 with SMTP id r5mr12716wel.91.1299285062056; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:31:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (87-194-105-247.bethere.co.uk [87.194.105.247]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o6sm2231830wbo.9.2011.03.04.16.30.59 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:31:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 00:30:56 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110305003056.0b3c14fc@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <4D71316C.9040505@qeng-ho.org> References: <4D711EE0.9010909@qeng-ho.org> <4D71316C.9040505@qeng-ho.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.22.1; i386-portbld-freebsd8.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: "portmaster -a" command fails - *** Error code 1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:31:03 -0000 On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:37:32 +0000 Arthur Chance 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.