Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:09:21 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" <ewh2048@rit.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Base System Rebuild Message-ID: <20131211140921.27cf6249@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFRryZi0coRx%2B3urhvj=jvAKfhdc3=YkhbpcLs4mdKVN%2B3buCA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFRryZg9GwSWLB3ytdpmVgrfnp4T0i6b0sgCJh9xuEdOic-Dng@mail.gmail.com> <20131210161620.667c1591@X220.alogt.com> <CAFRryZgTHHJrkg2iU9FWinjKhWZbUGtqANK-G7nxLQ3fGn0s_g@mail.gmail.com> <20131210162820.6834d51b@X220.alogt.com> <CAFRryZhTbbb8ZFBXX3HPvFSCDz16P9be0nd2Y%2B8T_vNxk-9tag@mail.gmail.com> <20131210170905.1dfb9fd7@X220.alogt.com> <CAFRryZhNKQz=EsxNdvXqBNj81u3VeFjJAYwcJnBMrFLXFk-jdA@mail.gmail.com> <20131210172513.77fa8482@X220.alogt.com> <CAFRryZivwj-0%2BSPO4gUZxv=0LAQZE8UoUrBOAb0cYVMZkUohtw@mail.gmail.com> <CAHu1Y72sTOpWSD_%2BKVwHxxj6N=L7aQdso092sYS=yeABFv=zXg@mail.gmail.com> <52A79136.7090103@ShaneWare.Biz> <76E49CC4-57CE-4A45-B051-025D465B311F@fisglobal.com> <CAFRryZjJ_Q2GGyPnAEKp_403f_8zOuG4FD%2BNdWCSJb%2BuvBgQ0w@mail.gmail.com> <20131211115641.5e15206e@X220.alogt.com> <CAFRryZghKK55kFUbnzKC7omkNCkqeJ7-Kg76QWBsZ=jeA5sGbA@mail.gmail.com> <20131211134031.77ef3e84@X220.alogt.com> <CAFRryZi0coRx%2B3urhvj=jvAKfhdc3=YkhbpcLs4mdKVN%2B3buCA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,
On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:54:29 -0800
"ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" <ewh2048@rit.edu> wrote:
> As much as I hate giving up and starting up it's what I decided to do.
>
this is the best in your situation.
> I am clearing out /usr/local and starting from scratch.
you will then still have the database somewhere. This should
be /var/db/pkg but it also could be somewhere else.
Just make a copy before you delete things. The good thing is that it
should be difficult to kill the system from now on. But you never know.
Erich
>
> Thanks for all of the help guys,
>
> Ethan House
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:40 PM, Erich Dollansky <
> erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:23:59 -0800
> > "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" <ewh2048@rit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > One more quick question.
> > >
> > > I am trying to rebuild all of my user land packages so it pulls
> > > down and fixes all of the broken deps.
> > >
> > I am not 100% sure if this will work.
> >
> > > $ portmaster -af
> > > ...
> > > ===>>> Currently installed version: virtio-kmod-9.0-0.242658
> > > ===>>> Port directory: /usr/ports/emulators/virtio-kmod
> > >
> > > ===>>> This port is marked IGNORE
> > > ===>>> not supported ${OSREL} (9.2)
> > >
> > >
> > > ===>>> If you are sure you can build it, remove the
> > > IGNORE line in the Makefile and try again.
> >
> > Ask a search engine why this port is marked ignore.
> > >
> > > ===>>> Update for virtio-kmod-9.0-0.242658 failed
> > > ===>>> Aborting update
> > >
> > > Any idea how to get around this. I tried portupdate except it
> > > pkgdb -F wasn't happy I was using pkgng packages.
> > >
> > You must use either or. I would recommend pkgng.
> >
> > And still, I would copy the /usr/local directory to a different
> > location, delete all ports and start from scratch. I do not believe
> > that portmaster or portupgrade are able to handle all weird
> > situations which you might will find at that machine.
> >
> > Erich
> >
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