On Saturday 01 January 2005 04:30 am, Dick Hoogendijk wrote:
> On 28 Dec Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> > Portmanager only addresses that one issue and for the forseeable
> > future that is where all the focus will be, only on correctly
> > updating ports.
>
> Am I t
On Friday 31 December 2004 06:14 pm, Timothy Luoma wrote:
> I've tried to install several ports that rely on gnu.org over the
> past several days, and the first THREE attempts timeout. Here's one
> example:
>
> => Attempting to fetch from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/.
> fetch: http://ftp.gnu.
On Friday 31 December 2004 04:24 pm, Sean wrote:
> Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> > On Friday 31 December 2004 02:20 pm, rsh wrote:
> >>I am trying to 'make install clean' of openoffice and do not want
> >> to install Java.
> >>
> >>I have tri
On Friday 31 December 2004 02:20 pm, rsh wrote:
> I am trying to 'make install clean' of openoffice and do not want to
> install Java.
>
> I have tried several things to say no to Java but it always wants to
> try to install jdk14, and this port is not user friendly with my
> amd64 system.
>
> So h
On Friday 31 December 2004 09:49 am, nbco wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I am trying out portmanager-0.2.2, on a 5.3-RELEASE box.
>
> I have openoffice-1.1.3.20040810 installed. I don't want to upgrade
> openoffice at this time, as I don't have the space for a full compile
> and will wait for a new package
On Tuesday 28 December 2004 09:26 pm, Scott I. Remick wrote:
> Ok so I got over my hurdle getting FreeBSD 5.3 installed on this old
> Presario (it ended up being RAM... needed more than 16MB to get
> through install, borrowed some and then could then back off to
> default 16MB after 5.3 was on). I
On Tuesday 28 December 2004 08:55 pm, you wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 December 2004 08:34 pm, "Michael C. Shultz"
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I get the following error when trying to deinstall
> > desktop-file-utils:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/
new package will be
built correctly for your system.
After you are familiar with how portmanager works and if you still
want to help with testing then yes I am very interested, please let me
know.
-Mike
>
> On Sat, 25 Dec 2004, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> > > > Portupgrade has o
On Sunday 26 December 2004 04:51 pm, Tom Vilot wrote:
> I inadvertently invoked make deinstall from /usr/ports, thinking I
> was in the directory of the port I wanted to 'make deinstall && make
> reinstall'
>
> I wasn't.
>
> Oops.
>
> I'm in the process of re-installing those ports I installed and
On Friday 24 December 2004 10:45 am, pedram wrote:
> Hi
>
> I want Learn FreeBSD but I am New in Unix Platform.
>
> I have MCSE and CCNA Certification and I am Administrator in an ISP
> and some companies.
>
> I was Download FreeBSD 5.3
>
> Which books or sites you suggest me to learn?
>
>
>
> Than
On Saturday 25 December 2004 04:53 am, Peter Schuller wrote:
> > Right now portmanager is upgrading kdelibs and I'm still using it.
> > The only problem that might occur is between the
> > deinstall/reinstall steps I'll be missing the libraries for about a
> > minute, when this happens I just wait
On Friday 24 December 2004 03:52 pm, Peter Schuller wrote:
> > That is indeed the case with portmanager. Sometimes it is a waste
> > of time to rebuild everthing when a dependency changes, and
> > sometimes it is the right thing to do, portmanager assumes it is
> > always the right thing to do. One
On Friday 24 December 2004 07:54 am, RW wrote:
> On Friday 24 December 2004 07:38, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> > On Thursday 23 December 2004 11:16 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote:
> > > Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 23 December 2004 10:01 pm, Jay O'Brie
On Friday 24 December 2004 01:09 am, Nikolas Britton wrote:
[snipped]
> >
> >As long as the artwork does not get in the way of content, and you
> > don't mess with "beastie" I say have at it if it means so much to
> > you. That is sort of what FreeBSD is all about, you got an idea you
> > know will
On Thursday 23 December 2004 11:16 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote:
> Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> > On Thursday 23 December 2004 10:01 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote:
> >>I'm running 5.3 RELEASE and trying to learn. I did a ports cvsup.
> >>Following the Dru Lavigne article o
On Thursday 23 December 2004 10:44 pm, Nikolas Britton wrote:
> Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> >I hate to see FreeBSD to something like my once favorite news site
> >(www.antiwar.com) did. Early on they had a website that wasn't at
> > all artistic, but they always had links
On Thursday 23 December 2004 10:01 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote:
> I'm running 5.3 RELEASE and trying to learn. I did a ports cvsup.
> Following the Dru Lavigne article on portupgrade at
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=1
> I installed portupgrade and then ran portsdb
On Thursday 23 December 2004 08:46 pm, Nikolas Britton wrote:
> >>From a business perspective we look amateurish.
>
> I REALLY REALLY agree with this point, from the prospective of an
> outsider the website and "Image" conveys a real lack of
> professionalism, which is not true.
>
> I'm looking at
On Thursday 23 December 2004 07:12 pm, you wrote:
> sending the portInstalled.dri.log
>
>
> also here is the error'ed output:
>
> --- snip ---
>
>
> pmupgrade 0.2.0_3 command: #3 ( cd /tmp; pkg_create -b
> xfree86-dri-4.4.0 )
> pkg_create: can't fin
On Thursday 23 December 2004 04:56 pm, you wrote:
> > Try:
> >
> > ls /var/db/pkg
> >
> > and see if you have a
> >
> > /var/db/pkg/apache+mod_ssl-1.3.33+2.8.22
> >
> > directory, if you do then you probably ran
> >
> > pkg_delete apache+mod_ssl-1.3.33+2.8.22
> >
> > instead of
> >
> > pkg_delete -
On Thursday 23 December 2004 04:43 pm, you wrote:
> > Try:
> >
> > ls /var/db/pkg
> >
> > and see if you have a
> >
> > /var/db/pkg/apache+mod_ssl-1.3.33+2.8.22
> >
> > directory, if you do then you probably ran
> >
> > pkg_delete apache+mod_ssl-1.3.33+2.8.22
> >
> > instead of
> >
> > pkg_delete -
On Wednesday 22 December 2004 02:29 pm, Noah wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 13:44:18 -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote
>
> > On Wednesday 22 December 2004 12:38 pm, Noah wrote:
> > > FreeBSD-4.9
> > > portmanager-0.2.0_3
> > >
> > >
> > > well I
On Wednesday 22 December 2004 12:38 pm, Noah wrote:
> FreeBSD-4.9
> portmanager-0.2.0_3
>
>
> well I am not able to find a specific mail list for portmanager
> support. anybody got clues why portmanager is having difficulies here
> and a nice cure would be helpful?
>
Usually people with portmanager
On Wednesday 22 December 2004 10:57 am, Andrew P. wrote:
> Hello!
>
> My /usr/ports is a network file-system. When I try to install samba 3
> it says:
>
> satsmb# make install
> ===> samba-3.0.9,1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/autoconf259 -
> found ===> samba-3.0.9,1 depends on shared library
On Friday 17 December 2004 11:49 am, you wrote:
> > Yes, if /var/db/pkg/p5-Crypt-SSLeay-0.51 exists then get rid of it.
> > I set up p5-Crypt-SSLeay-0.51on my system and portmanager got past
> > it with no problem. However if after deleting that directory you
> > still have the same problem I will
On Friday 17 December 2004 08:35 am, Noah wrote:
> FreeBSD-4.9
>
> well I just pkg_delete p5-Crypt-SSLeay-0.51 from my machine. I have
> cleared all the failing dependencies from the pkgdb and updated the
> database. I dont know what else to do.
>
> any clues on this?
>
>
> --- snip ---
>
> # por
On Thursday 16 December 2004 08:07 am, Eric Schuele wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm having trouble with 'portsdb -uU'
>
> It worked exactly twice on my machine. I was using the following
> commands to upgrade all my ports:
>
> # cvsup -g -L 2 /root/ports-supfile
> # portsdb -uU
> # pkgdb -F
> # portupupgr
On Sunday 12 December 2004 05:28 pm, Robert William Vesterman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just tried playing a WAV file using xmms (this is the first time
> I've tried anything with sound on my installation). It issued a very
> generic error message, telling me things like "make sure your device
> is insta
On Sunday 12 December 2004 08:10 pm, Adam Smith wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 05:39:02PM -0800, Michael C. Shultz said:
> > I use /usr/local/etc/rc.d/START.sh taht conatins the following:
> >
> > echokldload snd_driver
> > kldload snd_driver
>
> O
On Thursday 09 December 2004 08:48 am, antenneX wrote:
> Help on commands/script needed.
>
> In a website of 1.GB+ with several hundred thousand files, I need to
> interrogate all files to replace a single string like "oldone.010"
> with "newone.011"
>
> What's the best way to do this?
>
> Thanks i
On Thursday 09 December 2004 01:33 am, angelito munez wrote:
> Gud DAy..
> I need help regarding on my freeBSD 4.9 i have it formated and i want
> to run as natting..or act as a router. ive got adsl 512kbps.. im just
> new about free bsd. what packgas do i want and and a rules to run to
> my existi
On Thursday 25 November 2004 04:38 pm, Tom Parquette wrote:
> Hi. This is a little off topic but I'm hoping someone can provide
> some guidance and answer a few questions. TIA.
>
> I'm trying to learn ANSI C using a book circa 1994. It is written
> from a DOS perspective.
> Someone at work, who
On Friday 19 November 2004 09:11 pm, robg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Running 5.3 and behind a firewall, tried cvsuping and spits back:
>
> Parsing supfile "ports-supfile"
> Connecting to cvsup3.us.FreeBSD.org
> Cannot connect to cvsup3.us.FreeBSD.org: Permission denied
> Will retry at 00:14:51
>
> People sai
On Tuesday 16 November 2004 05:25 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> My husband purchased Free BSD. I believe it is version. 5.3. He
> installed the disks and then entered his username and password. Then
> when he needs to sign in he again enters his username and password
> and nothing happens. He can'
On Tuesday 16 November 2004 06:32 am, John Cholewa wrote:
> > ===> giFT-0.11.6 depends on shared library: Magick.6 - not found
> > ===>Verifying install for Magick.6 in
> > /usr/ports/graphics/ImageMagick
> >
> > ===> ImageMagick-6.0.6.2 has known vulnerabilities:
> > >> ImageMagick -- EXIF
On Monday 15 November 2004 01:29 pm, Frank Laszlo wrote:
> Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> >On Monday 15 November 2004 12:18 pm, Kill the Penguin wrote:
> >>I've ran into this sort of problem from time to time. How do you
> >> find and specify options in those ports
On Monday 15 November 2004 12:18 pm, Kill the Penguin wrote:
> I've ran into this sort of problem from time to time. How do you find
> and specify options in those ports that don't present a banner. For
> example, the php4 port has many options listed in the Makefile.ext
> file, but it's not clear
On Monday 01 November 2004 09:28 pm, sonjaya wrote:
> Dear all
>
> i ussually use iptables for NAT in my linux box , but
> in freebsd i newbies , how to configure freebsd be NAT
> server , i search i get 3 option :
> 1.use ipfw
> 2.use NATD
> 3.use ipnat
>
> how to use that all with whis network :
On Monday 01 November 2004 08:36 pm, dave wrote:
> Hello,
> New install of a 5.2.1 system, ports tree cvsupped to the latest.
> I was wondering if the problem with pkgdb core dumping with
> portupgrade is still occurring? If so, is there another port
> maintence tool equivalent? I was really no
On Monday 01 November 2004 06:29 pm, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
> Question: If I have an iso image smaller than the CD-R I am burning
> it to, what happens to that extra space? Is it useless? Can I burn
> another iso fs to it later, overwriting the first?
>
> jm
The extra space on a CD-R is useles
On Monday 01 November 2004 06:41 am, Spiral Eyed Girl wrote:
> Hello, I am having problems compiling mplayer. I did a cvsup about 2
> weeks ago, and just now tried to install mplayer. I did a "make
> install" in the mplayer ports dir, and got this message after a
> while:
>
> /usr/bin/ld: warning:
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 11:40 am, Gabriel O'Brien wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm hoping somebody can explain to me how to use the autotools (automake,
> autoconf, libtool, etc.) in FreeBSD 4.10 because plainly I'm doing
> something quite wrong.
>
> I am trying to build turck-mmcache-2.4.6 with PHP 4
On Friday 24 September 2004 09:45 pm, Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote:
> Good day!!!
> My home pc is obtaining an internet connection
> through a dial-up modem. And as for this, I'm using
> ppp. On my analysis, the ppp program residing in my pc
> is connecting to some sort of an authenticating
> serv
On Monday 13 September 2004 3:11 pm, A W wrote:
> hello i was wondering if u could answer the following questions
>
> 1) is it possible to have both freebsd 5.2.1 with KDE 3.1 and Windows 98 on
> the same Hard Disk. If yes how can i do this?
>
> 2) can i run .exe files with KDE 3.1 because when i l
On Friday 27 August 2004 6:54 am, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 05:26:47AM -0400, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> > I followed Matthew Seaman's instructions, except that there was no
> > 'portmanager.core' file created. The file that was created was
> > 'pmStatus.core'. I assume that is t
On Friday 27 August 2004 6:54 am, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 05:26:47AM -0400, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> > I followed Matthew Seaman's instructions, except that there was no
> > 'portmanager.core' file created. The file that was created was
> > 'pmStatus.core'. I assume that is t
On Sunday 22 August 2004 5:19 pm, Chris wrote:
> RELENG_5 ought to get me the Beta1 code, correct?
http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html
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On Saturday 21 August 2004 2:22 am, Mark Withers wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I've been using FBSD for a few years now, but am not
> sure as to what a 'stale dependency' is...
>
> I am receiving an error message with ymessenger pkg
> that it has stale dependencies and to use 'pkgdb -F'
> to fix or
On Wednesday 11 August 2004 05:43 pm, Duane Winner wrote:
> Will wrote:
> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > Duane Winner wrote:
> > | Hello all,
> > |
> > | This problem has been recurring on my laptop (5.2.1-RELEASE-p9) for the
> > | past few weeks and I'm scratching my h
On Wednesday 11 August 2004 07:23 pm, Peter Ryan wrote:
> How did everyone here find out
> about the various utitilities
> available for managing ports and
> packages ?
>
> I realised the lack of answers to
> my recent questions about KDE nad
> openldap meant that it was
> generally felt that i sho
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