Hi,
I have a box running 4.8. I only have ssh access so I can't update the OS
at the moment, but I would like to update certain ports. I'm running into
a few problems. The worst is when I update a port it tries to update /
install dependencies that are already up to date. For example, when
A second and possibly related problem is that building an index fails. I
read the following on http://freebsd.org/ports
first, cvsup your ports tree, then cd /usr/src make fetchindex.
then try to build again. i'm not sure if this will work, but it's
where i would start.
luke
Odds are you're doing a make deinstall/reinstall in the wrong place. You
do that to the dependency that fails, not the port you're upgrading.
The best way to handle this is to make sure that your ports tree is
current using cvsup, and if it's not already installed, install
