Re: Do I really have to install 80 packages?
On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 05:31:56 +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:54:24 -0400, Glenn Sieb wrote: >> On 10/11/13 5:38 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: >> > FreeBSD 9.1 >> > >> > I want ONE shared lib; i.e. rsvg.so, which is provided by >> > x11-toolkits/py-gnome-desktop. >> > >> > Unfortunately, it seems that going the normal route I shall have to >> > install 80! ports to get it. Is there an easier way? >> >> Actually I think you want x11-toolkits/gtk20..? Would pkg_add work for >> you? > > Maybe graphics/librsvg2 is better suited (even though it's version 2 of > the library). The problem initially mentions will remain: lots of > installation dependencies. Sadly, that seems to be normal today as > "modern software" tends to rely on layers of libraries of abstraction of > tools of utilities of stuff of layers of layers of other abstractions. > :-) > > As you see: "gnome-desktop" and "gtk20". That should bring your warning > lights up: lots of dependencies ahead! > > When you try to install a "simple desktop environment", you'll be > confronted with hundreds of packages to be installed, some of them > you've probably never had thought of in regards of what you "need" to > install a desktop, such as two or more different databases, LaTeX, > translators, and other surprising stuff. This will probably apply to > most complex components and parts of desktop environments or X11 > toolkits (as mentioned above). > > As I mentioned, the librsvg2 port will install lib/librsvg-2.so. > It might require you to re-install your target application to link > against that library. > > A library libsvg.so (without version number) doesn't seem to be in the > ports tree by that name. > > My lazy man's method of searching what port might contain the library: > Midnight Commander, go to /usr/ports, Meta-?, seach in "pkg-plist", > search for text "librsvg" and examine the results with PF3. This method > relies on approaches that might be wrong... :-) > > Note that my (locally installed) ports tree is not up to date anymore so > you should consider performing a search on a recent tree to make sure I > didn't miss anything. Thanks Polytropon, but the one I needed was this: x11-toolkits/py-gnome-desktop/pkg-plist:%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/gtk-2.0/ rsvg.so I have given in, let it install all 80 ports, saved the one shlib I need and deleted the ports again. All is now well. By the way, I needed it for the 'screenlets' Python applications; in particular ClockScreenlet.py. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Do I really have to install 80 packages?
FreeBSD 9.1 I want ONE shared lib; i.e. rsvg.so, which is provided by x11-toolkits/py-gnome-desktop. Unfortunately, it seems that going the normal route I shall have to install 80! ports to get it. Is there an easier way? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Upgrade 9.1 -> 9.2
I used 'freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.2-RELEASE' to upgrade a test system. All went well, until the point at which it said: Kernel updates have been installed. Please reboot and run "/usr/sbin/freebsd-update install" again to finish installing updates. Stupidly, I did NOT reboot, but started the "/usr/sbin/freebsd-update install" without rebooting first. As soon as I realised my mistake (a few minutes later), I issued ctrl-c to exit, rebooted and ran "/usr/sbin/freebsd-update install" again. It appeared to finish successfuly. Have I screwed up my system, or am I OK? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Just wanted to say "Thanks" to Polytropon
A few weeks ago I asked about mouse trails. Polytropon suggested xeyes. I have found it excellent, and have had no trouble whatsoever with it. It has made my life so much easier. Thanks, Polytropon! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Problems with 9.2-RC3
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:46:39 -0300, Joseph Mingrone wrote: > Walter Hurry writes: > >> Running 9.2-RC4 in a VirtualBox VM, I am having a few problems. >> >> FreeBSD freebsd.vm 9.2-RC3 FreeBSD 9.2-RC3 #1 r254965: Wed Aug 28 >> 04:17:40 BST 2013 r...@freebsd.vm:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/VM4 amd64 >> >> At this stage I am reluctant to file PRs, as doubtless some of these >> are of my own making. >> >> The first is that I cannot get port devel/xdg-utils to install. The >> error is: >> >> ===> Installing for xdg-utils-1.0.2.20130919 ===> Registering >> installation for xdg-utils-1.0.2.20130919 pkg-static: >> lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- >> desktop-icon.1): No such file or directory pkg-static: >> lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- >> desktop-menu.1): No such file or directory pkg-static: >> lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- email.1): No >> such file or directory pkg-static: >> lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- >> icon-resource.1): No such file or directory pkg-static: >> lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- mime.1): No >> such file or directory pkg-static: >> lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- open.1): No >> such file or directory pkg-static: >> lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- >> screensaver.1): No such file or directory pkg-static: >> lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- settings.1): >> No such file or directory *** [fake-pkg] Error code 74 >> >> What have I done wrong? It seems fine on 9.1 and 10.0. >> >> > There were some staging problems with ports. Update your ports tree > then upgrade ports-mgmt/pkg and the problem should resolve itself. Thanks! I cleared down the ports tree, did a fresh 'portsnap fetch extract', and all is now well in this regard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Problems with 9.2-RC3
Running 9.2-RC4 in a VirtualBox VM, I am having a few problems. FreeBSD freebsd.vm 9.2-RC3 FreeBSD 9.2-RC3 #1 r254965: Wed Aug 28 04:17:40 BST 2013 r...@freebsd.vm:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/VM4 amd64 At this stage I am reluctant to file PRs, as doubtless some of these are of my own making. The first is that I cannot get port devel/xdg-utils to install. The error is: ===> Installing for xdg-utils-1.0.2.20130919 ===> Registering installation for xdg-utils-1.0.2.20130919 pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- desktop-icon.1): No such file or directory pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- desktop-menu.1): No such file or directory pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- email.1): No such file or directory pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- icon-resource.1): No such file or directory pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- mime.1): No such file or directory pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- open.1): No such file or directory pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- screensaver.1): No such file or directory pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- settings.1): No such file or directory *** [fake-pkg] Error code 74 What have I done wrong? It seems fine on 9.1 and 10.0. Other issues will follow as separate threads. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
What's wrong here? Can't reinstall graphics/lcms2
$ sudo portupgrade -f graphics/lcms2 [Reading data from pkg(8) ... - 544 packages found - done] ---> Reinstalling 'lcms2-2.5' (graphics/lcms2) ---> Building '/usr/ports/graphics/lcms2' ===> Cleaning for lcms2-2.5 ===> lcms2-2.5 has known vulnerabilities: lcms2-2.5 is vulnerable: lcms2 -- Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability WWW: http://portaudit.FreeBSD.org/9a0a892e-05d8-11e3- ba09-000c29784fd1.html => Please update your ports tree and try again. *** [check-vulnerable] Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/lcms2. *** [build] Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/lcms2. ** Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/bin/script -qa /tmp/ portupgrade20130820-93880-13u5qwy env UPGRADE_TOOL=portupgrade UPGRADE_PORT=lcms2-2.5 UPGRADE_PORT_VER=2.5 make ** Fix the problem and try again. ** Listing the failed packages (-:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed) ! graphics/lcms2 (lcms2-2.5)(unknown build error) $ I have of course updated the ports tree but it made no difference. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Mouse Trails?
On Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:29:23 +0200, cpghost wrote: > On 08/18/13 16:48, Gary Aitken wrote: >> On 08/17/13 19:08, cpghost wrote: >>> On 08/17/13 18:14, Walter Hurry wrote: >>>> On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:31:26 +0200, Polytropon wrote: >> >>> Good ole Xeyes... ;-) But beware, xeyes crashes X server right now! >>> Using >>> >>> xeyes-1.1.1 xorg-server-1.7.7_8,1 >>> >>> on FreeBSD 9.2-PRERELEASE #0 r253323 Sat Jul 13 21:00:32 CEST 2013 >>> amd64 >>> >>> I'm not the only one who's got X server crashes with xeyes: >>> >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2012-May/011833.html >>> >>> @Polytropon: what version of xeyes/xorg-server are you using? >> >> pkg_info | grep xeyes xeyes-1.1.1 A follow the mouse X demo >> pkg_info | grep xorg-server xorg-server-1.7.7_8,1 X.Org X server and >> related programs >> >> Works fine here, amd64. >> >> How soon does it crash? >> First mouse movement, program startup, or what? > > At program startup. > > Using fluxbox here. I'll try with another WM. Maybe it's a WM problem? > > No other programs cause X server crashes here. I must say that it caught > me by surprise! > >> The behavior I see is: >> mouse is visible start typing in xterm and cursor disappears xeyes >> comes up with eyes pointing to where cursor was a second or so later >> the cursor reappears move the cursor and eyes follow it No problem for me since Polytropon suggested it. I'm on amd64 - WM is Openbox. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Mouse Trails?
On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:31:26 +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 09:07:20 + (UTC), Walter Hurry wrote: >> My sight is deteriorating. I can still see and read the screen, but >> sometimes locating the mouse pointer (LXDE here) is difficult. > > If LXDE uses an ugly white mouse cursor, try changing it to black (the > normal color for mouse cursors on all serious GUI systems). The > classical way of solving the "where is the mouse cursor" problem is to > install xeyes. :-) > > > >> Is there a port which will give me mouse trails when the rodent is >> moved? > > This is usually done by the means of the desktop environment's mouse > configuration, but if I remember correctly, LXDE does not offer this. > > Additional software like Compiz could help you here: There seems to be a > plugin that adds a mouse trail. Thanks once again, Polytropon. The mouse pointer is indeed black. LXDE only offers three mouse config options: acceleration, sensitivity and handedness (swap buttons). I am reluctant to install Compiz, but xeyes looks to be just the ticket! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Mouse Trails?
My sight is deteriorating. I can still see and read the screen, but sometimes locating the mouse pointer (LXDE here) is difficult. Is there a port which will give me mouse trails when the rodent is moved? Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: 9.2-RC1: Problem with Kernel
On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 05:14:52 +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 12 Aug 2013 21:01:14 + (UTC), Walter Hurry wrote: >> Sorry again. Anyway, I have it nailed down now. For anyone who is >> interested, the missing entry was: >> >> options ATA_CAM > > Correct. Line 84 and 264 have it commented out. This is the "new" method > of talking to disk devices, similarly as the acd interface for optical > media has been trans- formed into "SCSI over ATA" (ex device atapicam). > So the disk drive has not been recognized by the kernel, therefore: No > soup for you (i. e., no boot device). :-) Thanks, Polytropon! I have changed the controller (this is a VM, remember) to which the (same) virtual hard drive is attached, from ISA to SATA and "options ATA_CAM" is no longer needed. So I have learned a few things. Thanks again. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: 9.2-RC1: Problem with Kernel
On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 22:47:36 +1000, Ian Smith wrote:
> In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 479, Issue 8, Message: 10 On Sun, 11
> Aug 2013 09:43:57 + (UTC) Walter Hurry
> wrote:
> > On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 21:29:10 +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 19:04:29 + (UTC), Walter Hurry wrote:
> > >> This is 9.2-RC1 on amd64 (upgraded from 9.2-BETA1 by refetching
> > >> the source from releng/9.2 and rebuilding kernel and world).
> > >>
> > >> The kernel compiles and runs fine using the supplied GENERIC, but
> > >> when I try to use my custom kenel config file, on reboot I get
> > >> this:
> > >>
> > >> Mounting from ufs:/dev/ada0p2 failed with error 19
> > >>
> > >> What module(s) have I missed?
> > >
> > > Diff against the GENERIC kernel. Maybe "device xhci"?
> > > What bootable media is listed when you type "?" at the mountroot
> > > prompt?
> > > If GENERIC boots and your kernel doesn't, there should be a
> > > significant difference regarding the config file's content. :-)
> >
> > Thanks for the reply. When I type "?" at the mountroot prompt I get:
> >
> > List of GEOM managed disk devices:
> >
> > with nothing shown.
> >
> > After restoring the GENERIC kernel, the output from 'gpart list' is:
> >
> > Geom name: ada0
> [..]
> > Consumers:
> > 1. Name: ada0
> >Mediasize: 21474836480 (20G)
> >Sectorsize: 512 Mode: r2w2e3
> >
> > (This is a small VirtualBox VM.)
> >
> > Kernel config is at http://paste2.org/h17Ih0PD
>
> Please Walter, it's not fair to make us do the work of figuring out what
> you've changed from GENERIC in that, when all you need to provide is:
>
> # diff -uw /path/to/GENERIC /path/to/YOURKERNEL
>
> More ideal for custom kernel configs - for just these occasions - is:
>
> include GENERIC ident YOURKERNEL # custom {no,}device and {no,}options
> statements
>
Sorry again. Anyway, I have it nailed down now. For anyone who is
interested, the missing entry was:
options ATA_CAM
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Re: 9.2-RC1: Problem with Kernel
On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 22:47:36 +1000, Ian Smith wrote:
> In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 479, Issue 8, Message: 10 On Sun, 11
> Aug 2013 09:43:57 + (UTC) Walter Hurry
> wrote:
> > On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 21:29:10 +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 19:04:29 + (UTC), Walter Hurry wrote:
> > >> This is 9.2-RC1 on amd64 (upgraded from 9.2-BETA1 by refetching
> > >> the source from releng/9.2 and rebuilding kernel and world).
> > >>
> > >> The kernel compiles and runs fine using the supplied GENERIC, but
> > >> when I try to use my custom kenel config file, on reboot I get
> > >> this:
> > >>
> > >> Mounting from ufs:/dev/ada0p2 failed with error 19
> > >>
> > >> What module(s) have I missed?
> > >
> > > Diff against the GENERIC kernel. Maybe "device xhci"?
> > > What bootable media is listed when you type "?" at the mountroot
> > > prompt?
> > > If GENERIC boots and your kernel doesn't, there should be a
> > > significant difference regarding the config file's content. :-)
> >
> > Thanks for the reply. When I type "?" at the mountroot prompt I get:
> >
> > List of GEOM managed disk devices:
> >
> > with nothing shown.
> >
> > After restoring the GENERIC kernel, the output from 'gpart list' is:
> >
> > Geom name: ada0
> [..]
> > Consumers:
> > 1. Name: ada0
> >Mediasize: 21474836480 (20G)
> >Sectorsize: 512 Mode: r2w2e3
> >
> > (This is a small VirtualBox VM.)
> >
> > Kernel config is at http://paste2.org/h17Ih0PD
>
> Please Walter, it's not fair to make us do the work of figuring out what
> you've changed from GENERIC in that, when all you need to provide is:
>
> # diff -uw /path/to/GENERIC /path/to/YOURKERNEL
>
> More ideal for custom kernel configs - for just these occasions - is:
>
> include GENERIC ident YOURKERNEL # custom {no,}device and {no,}options
> statements
>
Sorry. A diff wouldn't have helped much, as every line had changed due to
my reformatting. Never mind, I'll work it out for myself by a process of
elimination - and I'll post the answer here just in case anyone else is
interested.
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Re: 9.2-RC1: Problem with Kernel
On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 21:29:10 +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 19:04:29 + (UTC), Walter Hurry wrote: >> This is 9.2-RC1 on amd64 (upgraded from 9.2-BETA1 by refetching the >> source from releng/9.2 and rebuilding kernel and world). >> >> The kernel compiles and runs fine using the supplied GENERIC, but when >> I try to use my custom kenel config file, on reboot I get this: >> >> Mounting from ufs:/dev/ada0p2 failed with error 19 >> >> What module(s) have I missed? > > Diff against the GENERIC kernel. Maybe "device xhci"? > What bootable media is listed when you type "?" at the mountroot prompt? > If GENERIC boots and your kernel doesn't, there should be a significant > difference regarding the config file's content. :-) Thanks for the reply. When I type "?" at the mountroot prompt I get: List of GEOM managed disk devices: with nothing shown. After restoring the GENERIC kernel, the output from 'gpart list' is: Geom name: ada0 modified: false state: OK fwheads: 16 fwsectors: 63 last: 41943006 first: 34 entries: 128 scheme: GPT Providers: 1. Name: ada0p1 Mediasize: 65536 (64k) Sectorsize: 512 Stripesize: 0 Stripeoffset: 17408 Mode: r0w0e0 rawuuid: c5ae2f8e-f5e1-11e2-92dd-08002755f0f7 rawtype: 83bd6b9d-7f41-11dc-be0b-001560b84f0f label: (null) length: 65536 offset: 17408 type: freebsd-boot index: 1 end: 161 start: 34 2. Name: ada0p2 Mediasize: 20401029120 (19G) Sectorsize: 512 Stripesize: 0 Stripeoffset: 82944 Mode: r1w1e1 rawuuid: c5ba5d2c-f5e1-11e2-92dd-08002755f0f7 rawtype: 516e7cb6-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b label: (null) length: 20401029120 offset: 82944 type: freebsd-ufs index: 2 end: 39845921 start: 162 3. Name: ada0p3 Mediasize: 1073707008 (1G) Sectorsize: 512 Stripesize: 0 Stripeoffset: 3221242880 Mode: r1w1e0 rawuuid: c5ccb46a-f5e1-11e2-92dd-08002755f0f7 rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b label: (null) length: 1073707008 offset: 20401112064 type: freebsd-swap index: 3 end: 41943005 start: 39845922 Consumers: 1. Name: ada0 Mediasize: 21474836480 (20G) Sectorsize: 512 Mode: r2w2e3 (This is a small VirtualBox VM.) Kernel config is at http://paste2.org/h17Ih0PD ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
9.2-RC1: Problem with Kernel
This is 9.2-RC1 on amd64 (upgraded from 9.2-BETA1 by refetching the source from releng/9.2 and rebuilding kernel and world). The kernel compiles and runs fine using the supplied GENERIC, but when I try to use my custom kenel config file, on reboot I get this: Mounting from ufs:/dev/ada0p2 failed with error 19 What module(s) have I missed? Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: /usr/src for 9.2 beta?
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 05:58:18PM -0400, kpn wrote: > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 05:56:09PM -0400, kpn...@pobox.com wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 07:30:17PM +0000, Walter Hurry wrote: > > > I'd like to try out 9.2-BETA1 on a test box. > > > > > > >From where do I check out the sources please (using svn)? > > > > I believe you want: > > svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/9 > > > > After 9.2 is released you'll be able to use: > > svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.2 > > > > But if I'm not mistaken until then you'll want "stable/9". > > I should have also mentioned that you can get already compiled images from: > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/9.2/ BTW, I just saw that 9.2 has a new branch in svn. So if you want to track 9.2 you'll need: svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.2 Meaning, my Jul 26th email is now out of date. If you want the 9.x stuff that will probably not be in the 9.2 release then you can continue to track "stable/9". Thanks again. I'm trying releng/9.2 as we speak. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: /usr/src for 9.2 beta?
On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:56:09 -0400, kpneal wrote: > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 07:30:17PM +0000, Walter Hurry wrote: >> I'd like to try out 9.2-BETA1 on a test box. >> >> >From where do I check out the sources please (using svn)? > > I believe you want: > svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/9 > > After 9.2 is released you'll be able to use: > svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.2 > > But if I'm not mistaken until then you'll want "stable/9". Thanks. Yes, that seems to work. By the way, I did search svn.freebsd.org/base prior to posting, but didn't see anything obvious. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
/usr/src for 9.2 beta?
I'd like to try out 9.2-BETA1 on a test box. >From where do I check out the sources please (using svn)? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: textproc/hunspell and readline?
On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:28:34 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 19/07/2013 09:30, Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:58:59 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: >> >>> On 18/07/2013 10:42, Walter Hurry wrote: >>>> I note that the Makefile for textproc/hunspell has '--with-readline' >>>> in the CONFIGURE_ARGS, but on 9.1 it doesn't seem to be honoured (or >>>> maybe it is, but at any rate it isn't recorded as a dependency or a >>>> shlib). >>>> >>>> 9.1-RELEASE-p4 amd64 with pkgng. >>>> >>>> Is there a reason for this? >>> >>> libreadline.so is in base >>> >> Thanks, Matthew. Noted. So why on 10.0-CURRENT does it insist on >> installing readline from the port? > > I don't have a 10.x system handy to confirm this, but I'd guess the > libreadline.so stuff was maybe dropped from current. Although it seems > the libreadline code is still in head: > > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/contrib/libreadline/ > > Is there a /lib/libreadline.so.* shared library on your 10.0-CURRENT > system? > Yes, there's /lib/libreadline.so.8 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: textproc/hunspell and readline?
On Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:58:59 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 18/07/2013 10:42, Walter Hurry wrote: >> I note that the Makefile for textproc/hunspell has '--with-readline' in >> the CONFIGURE_ARGS, but on 9.1 it doesn't seem to be honoured (or maybe >> it is, but at any rate it isn't recorded as a dependency or a shlib). >> >> 9.1-RELEASE-p4 amd64 with pkgng. >> >> Is there a reason for this? > > libreadline.so is in base > Thanks, Matthew. Noted. So why on 10.0-CURRENT does it insist on installing readline from the port? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
textproc/hunspell and readline?
I note that the Makefile for textproc/hunspell has '--with-readline' in the CONFIGURE_ARGS, but on 9.1 it doesn't seem to be honoured (or maybe it is, but at any rate it isn't recorded as a dependency or a shlib). 9.1-RELEASE-p4 amd64 with pkgng. Is there a reason for this? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Purpose of /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg?
On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:59:21 -0600, Warren Block wrote: > Install the excellent sysutils/bsdadminscripts and run pkg_libchk to > check for packages still depending on those libraries or missing ones. > If it doesn't complain, it's safe to delete them. Otherwise, rebuild > everything it complains about first. > Useful tip. Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Purpose of /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg?
On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:05:19 -0700, Charles Swiger wrote: > Hi-- > > On Jul 16, 2013, at 9:57 AM, Walter Hurry wrote: >> What is the purpose of /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg? > > It holds old versions of shared libraries which were once used by > installed ports. > >> As far as I can see, in a properly organised system, all the shared >> libraries in there should be redundant. > > True, assuming you've recompiled all of your ports to use the latest > versions. However, if you ever have to roll something back, it will > continue to work if these old shared libs are available. > >> If this is correct, is there an easy way to clear them out, or should I >> just rm? > > If you're low on space, sure, you can just rm them. Don't bother > otherwise... > Thanks. No, I'm not desperately low on space; I just like to keep things tidy. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Purpose of /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg?
What is the purpose of /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg? As far as I can see, in a properly organised system, all the shared libraries in there should be redundant. If this is correct, is there an easy way to clear them out, or should I just rm? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Wireless Networking
9.1-RELEASE-p4 on amd64. This is a laptop with an Atheros 9280 wireless chip in a domestic setting with a single router and a cable "modem". I have never had to use wireless before, but am now in another room. I have followed the handbook, and it seems to be working well. One question though: 'ifconfig -a' shows *two* entries apparently relating to wireless: ath0 and wlan0. The wlan0 one shows the IP address (fixed, not DHCP), netmask, ssid and so forth, but the ath0 entry shows only: ath0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 0c:ee:e6:80:ed:52 nd6 options=29 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g status: associated Is this how it should be? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: sleepycat db VS MySQL or postgres
On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:28:59 -0700, Jim Pazarena wrote: > I have a rather extensive series of databases created and in use all > with the very old sleepycat db3. I believe in the addage "don't fix what > ain't broken", but in the case of db3, it IS broken and my db files get > corrupted on occasion. > > I could move to db5 or db6 OR MySQL, or even postgres. > > I use simple primary key files, most entries are added from a CLI or > termcap/curses screen. Some programatically. With about the same number > of sequential dumps vs indexed random reads. > > I have no experience with the c interface for postgres or mysql, but > also, do not know how much the c interface has changed for sleepycat 5/6 > compared to the c interface for db3, which I understand quite well. So I > am prepared for a learning curve irrespective of which platform I > select. Records do not exceed much more than 10-20,000, with key sizes > not much wider than 16 bytes (ipv4), 13 (mac), 32 (ipv6). And various > smaller key sizes. > > Suggestions would be very much appreciated. If you have to make a change, I'd recommend switching to Postgres. Worth the effort in the long run, and Postgres is not at all difficult if you have experience with any RDB. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Compile a port without its dependencies?
Is there a way to compile a port without its dependencies? I ask because recently I wanted two shlibs: wnck.so and rsvg.so (they are provided by x11-toolkits/py-gnome-desktop). I didn't need all the accompanying baggage (half of GNOME it seems), but it dragged in over 80 other packages. In the end I let it have its way, copied the libs to a safe place, then uninstalled all the packages and copied the libs back again. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
libchk issue
On my system (9.1-RELEASE-p3 on amd64), libchk reports: Unresolvable link(s) found in: /usr/local/lib/liblangtag-gobject.so.2 liblangtag.so.1 'pkg which' informs me that: /usr/local/lib/liblangtag-gobject.so.2 was not found in the database How can I fix the problem? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: buildworld selectively?
On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 21:08:23 -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > Walter Hurry writes: > >> Fair enough. Point taken, thanks. Nevertheless I see no reason to >> compile stuff I neither want nor need. > > While I endorse the principle ... it can be difficult for the > casual user to know which parts can be removed without blowing up things > they want. > (Been there, had to change the underwear after the new kernel > didn't boot. Booted old kernel, fixed things.) > Wise words. The kernel and world builds/installs went fine, but soon afterwards I noticed a problem with the mail/dcc-dccd port (required, in my case, by SpamAssassin), which would not rebuild, complaining that the base sendmail was not found or too old. Since I use Postfix, I had set WITHOUT_SENDMAIL in /etc/src.conf. I shall remove it and rebuild. C'est la vie! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: buildworld selectively?
On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:27:52 -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Walter Hurry writes: > >> Ah, src.conf. That's what I missed!. Thank you so much Gary, and sorry >> if it was a silly question. > > Bear in mind that you're only going to be able to shave a small fraction > off the build time. by excluding parts of the build. The 'games' section > in particular has almost nothing in it. > Fair enough. Point taken, thanks. Nevertheless I see no reason to compile stuff I neither want nor need. Anyway, games was only an example. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: buildworld selectively?
On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:56:10 +0100, Gary J. Hayers wrote: > Have a read of the man page for /etc/src.conf > > On 09/06/2013 19:52, Walter Hurry wrote: >> As a relative newcomer to FreeBSD I am planning a 'make buildworld' for >> the first time. Since this is likely to be a lengthy process (my first >> attempt will be in a virtual machine), I am wondering whether it is >> possible to be at all selective about what is built. >> >> I have read the handbook section thoroughly, and shall follow the >> procedure recommended. I have also consulted 'man make.conf', but have >> been unable to establish an answer. >> >> For example, I do not require 'games'. >> >> Is there a way of achieving this? Ah, src.conf. That's what I missed!. Thank you so much Gary, and sorry if it was a silly question. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
buildworld selectively?
As a relative newcomer to FreeBSD I am planning a 'make buildworld' for the first time. Since this is likely to be a lengthy process (my first attempt will be in a virtual machine), I am wondering whether it is possible to be at all selective about what is built. I have read the handbook section thoroughly, and shall follow the procedure recommended. I have also consulted 'man make.conf', but have been unable to establish an answer. For example, I do not require 'games'. Is there a way of achieving this? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD10: lock order reversal with portsnap extract
On Sat, 01 Jun 2013 20:22:29 +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Hi, Reference: >> From: Walter Hurry >> Date:Sat, 1 Jun 2013 13:43:47 +0000 (UTC) > > Walter Hurry wrote: >> I'm installing FreeBSD10 (head; snapshot from 30 May 2013) into a VM. >> >> One of the first things I do is a 'portsnap fetch extract'. As soon as >> the extract starts it produces a 'lock order reversal' message with a >> KDB stack backtrace, but then proceeds successfully to verify the >> integrity and install the ports tree. >> >> Should I worry? > > Yes, you should worry ;-) > > Worry you didn't realise: > a) questions@ list was created originally for beginners b) the so > called 10 is actually current > for that you should subscribe @ ask on curr...@freebsd.org > Best go review the descriptions of the 50 odd lists we have on > @freebsd.org > Oh, OK. Sorry. Will do. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
FreeBSD10: lock order reversal with portsnap extract
I'm installing FreeBSD10 (head; snapshot from 30 May 2013) into a VM. One of the first things I do is a 'portsnap fetch extract'. As soon as the extract starts it produces a 'lock order reversal' message with a KDB stack backtrace, but then proceeds successfully to verify the integrity and install the ports tree. Should I worry? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Where to get source for 10?
On Fri, 31 May 2013 18:41:49 -0500, Joshua Isom wrote: > On 5/31/2013 6:27 PM, Ayan George wrote: >> On 05/31/2013 07:23 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: >>> For 9.1 I can checkout http://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.1/ >>> >>> But where can I get the source for FreeBSD10? >>> >>> >> I assume it'd be the head branch: >> >>http://svn.freebsd.org/base/head/ >> >> > Yes, it's the head branch, but beware, it's experimental and breaks > sometimes. > Thanks for the cautionary advice, but it's OK, it's only experimental on my side too. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Where to get source for 10?
On Fri, 31 May 2013 19:27:36 -0400, Ayan George wrote: > On 05/31/2013 07:23 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: >> For 9.1 I can checkout http://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.1/ >> >> But where can I get the source for FreeBSD10? >> >> > I assume it'd be the head branch: > > http://svn.freebsd.org/base/head/ Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Where to get source for 10?
For 9.1 I can checkout http://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.1/ But where can I get the source for FreeBSD10? Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Keeping my system up to date with CTM or subversion?
On Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:39 -0700, Ed Flecko wrote: > Alexandre, > Yes, that helps - thank you. > > So once you have a system up and running, how do you monitor if and when > you need to upgrade your ports tree? > > By the way, your ports tree is different than installed software > packages, right? In other words, the only reason people even bother to > upgrade their ports tree is so that IF you install a package from source > - the source is current? Is that correct? > > When security vulnerabilities are discovered and patches released by > FBSD, the patch will tell you what steps you need to take to apply the > patch and stay up to date, won't it? > Why are you asking these questions about a *production* server? Run for a while with a test server until you have ironed out any issues. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Kernel Modules Documentation?
On Tue, 07 May 2013 11:16:50 -0700, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Walter Hurry > wrote: > > Access to PasteBin from Turkey is PROHIBITED . Oh. Try this then: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6106778/kernel_modules.txt ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Kernel Modules Documentation?
On Wed, 01 May 2013 20:33:21 -0700, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > Text file . > > Thank you very much . OK. Sorry for the delay. It's at http://pastebin.com/wvxQRD9w ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
pkg question
Quoting from /usr/ports/UPDATING: 20130502: AFFECTS: users of ports-mgmt/pkg, ports-mgmt/poudriere, ports-mgmt/ tinderbox AUTHOR: bdrew...@freebsd.org This only affects people who are _building_ binary packages for pkgng. If you are building from ports please ignore this. This step is optional. It is recommended to rebuild all packages and then have your users run 'pkg check -Ba' and 'pkg upgrade' on their servers once. This will allow the new shlib tracking to reinstall packages that have changed shlib requirements. Does 'rebuild all packages' mean we have to recompile from scratch, or merely do a 'pkg create' for each? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Kernel Modules Documentation?
On Wed, 01 May 2013 18:31:47 -0400, doug wrote: > On Wed, 1 May 2013, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > >> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Walter Hurry >> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:07:13 -0400, ill...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> On 30 April 2013 09:39, Walter Hurry wrote: >>>> >>>>> FreeBSD 9.1 on amd64. >>>>> >>>>> I have a list of about 220 kernel modules and would like to find out >>>>> what they do, or are for (none has a man page). I suspect that many >>>>> of them are drivers for particular devices. >>>>> >>>>> Is there any resource or documentation available? > > fxr.watson.org is a kernel source cross ref Indeed. fxr.watson.org was most helpful. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Kernel Modules Documentation?
On Wed, 01 May 2013 12:57:26 -0700, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Walter Hurry > wrote: > >> On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:07:13 -0400, ill...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> > On 30 April 2013 09:39, Walter Hurry wrote: >> > >> >> FreeBSD 9.1 on amd64. >> >> >> >> I have a list of about 220 kernel modules and would like to find out >> >> what they do, or are for (none has a man page). I suspect that many >> >> of them are drivers for particular devices. >> >> >> >> Is there any resource or documentation available? >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> P.S. Here are the first few: >> >> ahc_eisa ahc_isa ahc_pci alias_cuseeme >> >> >> >> >> > Yes, the modules names aren't always exactly the man page name. >> > Stubborn & inventive use of apropos & locate (& reading through stuff >> > in /usr/src/sys/modules/ ) can help, but not everything is obvious. >> > >> > ahc(4) covers the first few. >> > >> > libalias(3) appears to be the only thing to even parenthetically >> > mentions cuseeme (NB I didn't run grep over the whole dang >> > filesystem, though). >> > >> > Most of the if_something are under something(4). >> > >> > For the geom_blahblah, see if it's covered by something mentioned in >> > the SEE ALSO sexion of geom(8) or geom(4). >> >> Thanks to all for the pointers. With a little digging around, I have >> managed to reduce the 220 to zero, and now have all 643 (9.1 on amd64) >> briefly documented. >> >> >> > > If there is a list of them , > is it possible to post that list to share it ? > > I think , it will be very useful as a reference . Well, it's far from perfect but yes, I can put it somewhere for download. How would you like it? CSV? Spreadsheet, Text file? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Kernel Modules Documentation?
On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:07:13 -0400, ill...@gmail.com wrote: > On 30 April 2013 09:39, Walter Hurry wrote: > >> FreeBSD 9.1 on amd64. >> >> I have a list of about 220 kernel modules and would like to find out >> what they do, or are for (none has a man page). I suspect that many of >> them are drivers for particular devices. >> >> Is there any resource or documentation available? >> >> Thanks. >> >> P.S. Here are the first few: >> ahc_eisa ahc_isa ahc_pci alias_cuseeme >> >> > Yes, the modules names aren't always exactly the man page name. > Stubborn & inventive use of apropos & locate (& reading through stuff in > /usr/src/sys/modules/ ) can help, but not everything is obvious. > > ahc(4) covers the first few. > > libalias(3) appears to be the only thing to even parenthetically > mentions cuseeme (NB I didn't run grep over the whole dang filesystem, > though). > > Most of the if_something are under something(4). > > For the geom_blahblah, see if it's covered by something mentioned in the > SEE ALSO sexion of geom(8) or geom(4). Thanks to all for the pointers. With a little digging around, I have managed to reduce the 220 to zero, and now have all 643 (9.1 on amd64) briefly documented. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Kernel Modules Documentation?
FreeBSD 9.1 on amd64. I have a list of about 220 kernel modules and would like to find out what they do, or are for (none has a man page). I suspect that many of them are drivers for particular devices. Is there any resource or documentation available? Thanks. P.S. Here are the first few: ahc_eisa ahc_isa ahc_pci alias_cuseeme ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Clean up /sys/obj?
On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:46:13 -0400, mrkvrg wrote: > Hello Walter, > > Perhaps 'make cleanworld' will help. > > Check out comments in /usr/src/Makefile for details. > > Cheers ... > > Marek > > On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:23:37 Walter Hurry wrote: >> After compiling the kernel, there are a large number of files in /sys/ >> obj. Are these still needed after the new kernel has been installed? >> >> Is there some sort of 'make clean' option available? That's the one. Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Clean up /sys/obj?
After compiling the kernel, there are a large number of files in /sys/ obj. Are these still needed after the new kernel has been installed? Is there some sort of 'make clean' option available? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD-update?
On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:52:17 -0500, Mark Felder wrote: > On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:34:30 -0500, Steve O'Hara-Smith > wrote: > >> You have updated to 9.1-RELEASE-p2 - but since there have been no >> kernel changes since 9.1-RELEASE the kernel version message hasn't >> changed. >> This could very reasonably be regarded as bug in the update/version >> reporting process but I wouldn't hold my breath for a fix, as things >> stand the version reported only changes when the kernel is updated, or >> if you recompile it after the update. > > It would be nice if the version of the OS itself was stored in something > like /etc/freebsd-version so you know what the version of the OS as a > whole is. I'd even accept some sort of output by freebsd-update. It just > seems silly that there's no other way -- kern.osrelease is just the base > release and kern.version is the same thing that uname -a outputs. It's > hard to pick this up and monitor it accurately. I think I agree with this. It's somewhat confusing for a novice like me. Thanks to all for the helpful replies. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD-update?
On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:35:01 +0200, Alexandre wrote: > Freebsd-update tool apply binary patches to your -RELEASE system and > GENERIC kernel. > Furthermore, sources are synced too (/usr/src) by default. > If you want to see the -p# increased, you have to recompile your GENERIC > kernel. > If you are using a custom kernel, you must recompile it to apply patches > as your sources are up-to-date. You will have the -p# increased too. OK, thanks. The mists are beginning to clear. I've synced the source tree and recompiled the kernel, and all is well now. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD-update?
On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:05:04 +0200, Polytropon wrote: > The kernel's version message will only change if the _kernel_ has been > receiving changes. So, for example, if you update from 9.1 to 9.1-p2, > and _no_ change has been written to the kernel, it will still report > 9.1, even though the updates for -p2 have been applied to other places > (like system binaries or libraries). > > You can use the -r option to freebsd-update to explicitely specify a > version to update to. See "man freebsd-update" for details. Thanks for the reply, but I'm still confused. -- # freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RELEASE-p2 Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 9.1-RELEASE from update5.freebsd.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Inspecting system... done. The following components of FreeBSD seem to be installed: kernel/generic src/src world/base world/lib32 The following components of FreeBSD do not seem to be installed: world/doc world/games Does this look reasonable (y/n)? y Fetching metadata signature for 9.1-RELEASE-p2 from update5.freebsd.org... failed. Fetching metadata signature for 9.1-RELEASE-p2 from update4.freebsd.org... failed. Fetching metadata signature for 9.1-RELEASE-p2 from update3.freebsd.org... failed. No mirrors remaining, giving up -- Where am I going wrong? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
FreeBSD-update?
When I issue 'freebsd-update fetch install I see this: Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 9.1-RELEASE from update5.freebsd.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Inspecting system... done. Preparing to download files... done. No updates needed to update system to 9.1-RELEASE-p2. No updates are available to install. So if 'No updates (are) needed to update system to 9.1-RELEASE-p2', how do I actually update to 9.1-RELEASE-p2? $ uname -r 9.1-RELEASE ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Flash?
On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:37:49 +0200, Fernando ApesteguÃa wrote: > El 23/04/2013 21:24, "Walter Hurry" escribió: >> >> FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE on amd64. >> >> I have installed Flash according to the instructions in the handbook. >> When I do 'about:plugins' in Firefox, I get the following response: >> >> Shockwave Flash >> >> File: npwrapper.libflashplayer.so Version: >> Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202 >> >> MIME Type Description Suffixes >> application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf >> application/futuresplashFutureSplash Player spl >> >> When I go to: >> >> http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/find-version-flash-player.html >> >> it reports that Flash is installed, version 11.2.202.280, and I can see >> the red bouncing ball. >> >> >> When I go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8tSMKGbnW0 >> >> again it reports that Flash is installed correctly. >> >> When I go to: >> >> http://www.chemgapedia.de/vsengine/info/en/help/requirements/flash.html >> >> once again, both tests run perfectly. >> >> Yet when I go to youtube.com and click on a link, it says "The Adobe >> Flash Player is required for video playback. Get the latest Flash >> Player". >> >> What is wrong? > > That's an issue with Firefox. Search the list. There is a setting you > have to change in Firefox in order to avoid that problem. > That did the trick, thanks. The PR is 177404. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Flash?
FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE on amd64. I have installed Flash according to the instructions in the handbook. When I do 'about:plugins' in Firefox, I get the following response: Shockwave Flash File: npwrapper.libflashplayer.so Version: Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202 MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf application/futuresplashFutureSplash Player spl When I go to: http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/find-version-flash-player.html it reports that Flash is installed, version 11.2.202.280, and I can see the red bouncing ball. When I go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8tSMKGbnW0 again it reports that Flash is installed correctly. When I go to: http://www.chemgapedia.de/vsengine/info/en/help/requirements/flash.html once again, both tests run perfectly. Yet when I go to youtube.com and click on a link, it says "The Adobe Flash Player is required for video playback. Get the latest Flash Player". What is wrong? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Virtual Box on FreeBSD Server
On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:37:11 -0700, Bill Tillman wrote: > I've been looking into setting up some Linux servers but instead I'm > thinking that I could use Virtual Box on my FreeBSD servers to do this. > I would like some seasoned advice from others on the following before > proceeding: > > 1. As I understand it you can install Virtual Box from the ports > collection. But then I see the instructions in the Handbook: > >     To launch VirtualBox, type from a Xorg session: > % VirtualBox So am I to assume the only way to run Virtual Box is to > have Xorg installed and running on the FreeBSD server?  Which is a drag > because my current FreeBSD servers are exactly that, servers, and do not > have the fancy video cards, monitors, etc.. to run Xorg. Is there an > alternative to running the interface from Xorg. I'm a command line > fanatic when it comes to servers. Or would I be able to install Xvnc or > something like that and run it from one of my Windows 7 machines which > has all the fancy video capabilities? > > > 2. Once installed, I will be able to install something like Fedora or > openSUSE? These will only be installed as server so I can run databases > like MySQL in the Linux environment. The client I'm working for insists > on using SUSE...no FreeBSD allowed. They think it's poison and are very > biased on this so there's no talking them out of it. I need to gain > experience using these databases on Linux, not FreeBSD. > > 3. I'm going to buy a 1 TB SATA drive for this setup. It will be running > on an AMD64 server with FreeBSD 9.x or whatever is the latest release as > of this weekend. > > 4. There is also a Plan 'B' to go the other way. Since I already have > two i7 machines running Windows 7, perhaps it might be better to install > the Windows version of Virtual Box or even VMWare and create my > instances of Linux on one or even both of these machines. > 1. No you don't need X -you can run headless on the server. The VirtualBox manual gives details of this. 2. Yes, that's the whole point of virtual machines. 3. 9.1 is fine. 4. No comment. I don't use Windows (and prefer to keep it that way); only Unix, FreeBSD and Linux. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: 9.1 Postfix problem
On Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:16:20 -0400, Paul Kraus wrote: > When building postfix under 91. I am running into an odd problem. I use > the INST_BASE option, which seems to cause the problem (it worked fine > with 9.0). The 'make' goes fine, but the 'make install' fails when > trying to install the startup script to /usr/etc/rc.d instead of > /etc/rc.d. It works fine if INST-BASE is disabled. I looked through the > Makefile but could not suss out how that difference in configuration was > actually causing the problem. > > Has anyone else run into this problem and what was the fix (or did you > just install into /usr/local) ? No problems at all for me with Postfix on 9.1-RELEASE, which I just install with the defaults. My postfix is in /usr/local/sbin. Why would you want to do things differently? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: When will binary packages be back?
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:14:21 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > Just made that into a batch file for my library. Should be a target in > the standard ports Makefile, IMHO. Maybe call it "rdistclean". Perhaps > this could be submitted as a PR. There are various options in portsclean (provided by ports-mgmt/ portupgrade), but for distfiles I simply do: sudo rm -rvf /usr/ports/distfiles/* after my updates have finished. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Youtube & Flash Videos broken?
On Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:28:15 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > Please excuse the top post Why? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: State of Packages
On Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:02:38 +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:25:42 -0500 Joshua Isom wrote: > >> I've been using FreeBSD since the summer of 2005, I still have the >> first cd-r I used. The fact that it's so easy makes me wonder why it >> hasn't been done yet. It's been almost five months. > > It's easy to build a repository, it's hard to build a secure public > repository. Agreed; that's why I haven't attempted to do so. Also, I only build packages for the 600 or so packages in which I am interested, and only for the FreeBSD version in use, and only for the specific CPU architecture. Maybe Joshua is overlooking something. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: State of Packages
On Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:57:57 -0400, doug wrote: > My questions: Does/will pkgng work? Are 9.1 packages on the ISO images? > I am in the progess of answering that one for myself but had some time > on my hands during the download :) Prebuilt packages are on the way apparently, but I have made my own repository anyway for the 600-odd packages which I and my users need - thus I compile from ports once only (all are 9.1-RELEASE x86_64). It works well, and is not difficult. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: x11-toolkits/gtksourceview2 is broken
On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:27:20 -0400, ill...@gmail.com wrote: > On 29 March 2013 15:11, Walter Hurry wrote: > >> FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE on amd64 >> >> This afternoon I upgraded textproc/libxml2 from version 2.7.8_5 to >> version 2.7.8_0 (at least I think it's libxml2 that's the problem - I >> upgraded py27-libxml2 and gdk-pixbuf2 at the same time). >> >> Then x11-toolkits/gtksourceview2 would not compile. I got the following >> error: >> >> CCLD test-widget >> ../gtksourceview/.libs/libgtksourceview-2.0.so: undefined reference to >> `xmlTextReaderRelaxNGValidate' >> gmake[2]: *** [test-widget] Error 1 >> >> Sure enough, I see a similar error when I try to open a shell script >> with gedit: >> >> /usr/local/lib/libgtksourceview-2.0.so.0: Undefined symbol >> "xmlTextReaderRelaxNGValidate" >> >> Where do I go from here? >> >> > Otherwise, you can blindly run # portmaster -r libxml2 (or some > perverted equivalent thereof) > & pray. It'll probably run for a good while. Didn't help, I'm afraid. Same compilation error on x11-toolkits/ gtksourceview2 - as well as a few others. The only solution I found was to downgrade libxml2 (and py27-libxml2) again. Can anyone offer advice? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
x11-toolkits/gtksourceview2 is broken
FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE on amd64 This afternoon I upgraded textproc/libxml2 from version 2.7.8_5 to version 2.7.8_0 (at least I think it's libxml2 that's the problem - I upgraded py27-libxml2 and gdk-pixbuf2 at the same time). Then x11-toolkits/gtksourceview2 would not compile. I got the following error: CCLD test-widget ../gtksourceview/.libs/libgtksourceview-2.0.so: undefined reference to `xmlTextReaderRelaxNGValidate' gmake[2]: *** [test-widget] Error 1 Sure enough, I see a similar error when I try to open a shell script with gedit: /usr/local/lib/libgtksourceview-2.0.so.0: Undefined symbol "xmlTextReaderRelaxNGValidate" Where do I go from here? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: OT: The future of USENET?
On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:37:43 -0500, Joshua Isom wrote: > On 3/27/2013 3:25 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:12:06 -0400, grarpamp wrote: >> >>> Now there are very few, if any, free servers >> >> There are still free news servers available. My ISP bundles usenet, >> nevertheless I prefer the free one as it's faster and more reliable. >> >> > The last ISP I knew had usenet complained about the bandwidth and > storage required. They had a dedicated satellite instead of using their > backbone, and only cached a couple days. All the porn and warez has the > side affect of wiping out the cost benefit. I have no idea whether my usenet provider includes porn or warez groups, since I am interested in neither, so have not checked. All I know is that I use their service because it is free, reliable and fast. Actually, I read this list via the usenet group gmane.os.freebsd.questions, since I find that convenient. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: OT: The future of USENET?
On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:12:06 -0400, grarpamp wrote: > Now there are very few, if any, free servers There are still free news servers available. My ISP bundles usenet, nevertheless I prefer the free one as it's faster and more reliable. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: line lengths in /etc/hosts
On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:57:48 -0700, Perry Hutchison wrote: > Is there a limit on line length in FreeBSD's /etc/hosts? > > I'm not finding any mention of such a limit in hosts(5), but characters > beyond the first 660 or so seem to be ignored. > > To answer the inevitable followup "why would anyone need such a long > line in /etc/hosts": > > With this line in /etc/nsswitch.conf > > hosts: files dns > > I can easily suppress access to unwanted web sites by adding names to > the localhost line in /etc/hosts, like this: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain bad1.com bad2.com ... > > My version of that line has gotten rather long :) $ tail -20 /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 r1.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 simg.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 ss1.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 ss2.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 ss7.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 xads.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 yads.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 www.zedo.com #[Adware.RaxSearch] 127.0.0.1 c1.zxxds.net #[g1.panthercdn.com] 127.0.0.1 c7.zxxds.net # [Zero Lag][AS20093][67.201.0.0 - 67.201.63.255] 127.0.0.1 ads.namiflow.com 127.0.0.1 adunit.namiflow.com # [Zero Lag][AS20093][68.71.240.0 - 68.71.255.255] 127.0.0.1 rt.udmserve.net # [Zero Lag][AS20093][72.37.216.0 - 72.37.217.255] 127.0.0.1 www.stickylogic.com 127.0.0.1 www.winadiscount.com #[Dr.Web.Adware.Xbarre] 127.0.0.1 www.winaproduct.com # [end of entries generated by MVPS HOSTS] $ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Still a problem with 'pkg check -Ba'
On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:13:04 +, Walter Hurry wrote: > I hope Matthew Seaman sees this: > > All the files are of course present and correct in /usr/local/lib/ > virtualbox Should have mentioned: This is pkg-1.0.9_2 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Still a problem with 'pkg check -Ba'
I hope Matthew Seaman sees this: All the files are of course present and correct in /usr/local/lib/ virtualbox # pkg check -Ba pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxAutostart - shared library VBoxRT.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxAutostart - shared library VBoxXPCOM.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxBalloonCtrl - shared library VBoxRT.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxBalloonCtrl - shared library VBoxXPCOM.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxManage - shared library VBoxDDU.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxManage - shared library VBoxRT.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxManage - shared library VBoxXPCOM.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxSVC - shared library VBoxDDU.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxSVC - shared library VBoxRT.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxSVC - shared library VBoxXPCOM.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxTestOGL - shared library VBoxOGLhostcrutil.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxTestOGL - shared library VBoxRT.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxTestOGL - shared library VBoxREM.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxTestOGL - shared library VBoxVMM.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxTestOGL - shared library VBoxXPCOM.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxXPCOMIPCD - shared library VBoxXPCOM.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/bin/VBoxXPCOMIPCD - shared library VBoxRT.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxAutostart - shared library VBoxRT.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxAutostart - shared library VBoxXPCOM.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxBalloonCtrl - shared library VBoxRT.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxBalloonCtrl - shared library VBoxXPCOM.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/ VBoxExtPackHelperApp - shared library VBoxRT.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxManage - shared library VBoxDDU.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxManage - shared library VBoxRT.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxManage - shared library VBoxXPCOM.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSVC - shared library VBoxDDU.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSVC - shared library VBoxRT.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSVC - shared library VBoxXPCOM.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxTestOGL - shared library VBoxOGLhostcrutil.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxTestOGL - shared library VBoxRT.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxTestOGL - shared library VBoxREM.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxTestOGL - shared library VBoxVMM.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxTestOGL - shared library VBoxXPCOM.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxXPCOMIPCD - shared library VBoxXPCOM.so not found pkg: (virtualbox-ose-4.2.6) /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxXPCOMIPCD - shared library VBoxRT.so not found # ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: stupid portmaster question
On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:53:00 -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Aryeh Friedman writes: > >> How do I tell portmaster -ad to ignore certain ports because they are >> broken such as editors/libreoffice is currently marked as (I am sure >> this will change soon) > > Your direct question was already answered, but note that libreoffice is > not broken overall, just with certain options that probably won't affect > its operation for you. To amplify, the (main?) culprit is MERGELIBS. OP: If you are trying to upgrade, just do a 'make config' first and uncheck the option. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: trying freeBSD 9.1 w/o installing
On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:51:49 +, ivan1...@netzero.net wrote: > HelloIn command-line form, the disk which i received in linuxpro > magazine is asking for a login and password, please assist.ThanksSteve If it's a live CD, username is root. Password is not required. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Problem with news/pan
On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:51:04 -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Walter Hurry writes: > >> This port (pan-0.139_1) will again not compile on 9.1-RELEASE (amd64). > > When did you last try it? > > It was last updated Saturday, and it builds fine for me. > > If it's still failing, post the error messages. Weird. I last tried yesterday (Sunday). However, having re-enabled the GTKSPELL option (i.e. set it back to defaults), it compiles and builds fine. The port (I always use portsnap before updating) has *not* been updated between then and now. However, it's too difficult to pin down the issue at this point. Sorry for the noise. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Problem with news/pan
On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:04:54 +, Walter Hurry wrote: > dould s/dould/could/. No spell checker! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Problem with news/pan
This port (pan-0.139_1) will again not compile on 9.1-RELEASE (amd64). There are problems (with gtkspell) when using the default options, which are: GTK3 off gtkspell on The only way I dould get it to compile was by using 'make config' to turn the gtkspell option off. I hope Lowell Gilbert sees this, as he did such a splendid (and quick) job tracking down and applying the patch for a previous (different) problem. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: iconv issue (Re: Pan-0.139 won't compile)
On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:50:10 -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > And it's already been fixed. Well done, and thanks! If you look at my headers, you'll see I'm using it now. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Pan-0.139 won't compile
On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:17:33 +0100, Paul van der Zwan wrote: > On 12 Mar 2013, at 0:41 , Walter Hurry wrote: > >> Trying to upgrade /usr/ports/news/pan I get this: >> ___ >> mime-utils.cc: In function 'char* pan::__g_mime_iconv_strndup(void*, >> const char*, size_t, const char*)': >> mime-utils.cc:80: error: invalid conversion from 'char**' to 'const >> char**' >> mime-utils.cc:80: error: initializing argument 2 of 'size_t libiconv >> (void*, const char**, size_t*, char**, size_t*)' >> gmake[3]: *** [mime-utils.o] Error 1 gmake[3]: Leaving directory >> `/usr/ports/news/pan/work/pan-0.139/pan/ usenet-utils' >> gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[2]: Leaving directory >> `/usr/ports/news/pan/work/pan-0.139/pan' gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] >> Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory >> `/usr/ports/news/pan/work/pan-0.139' gmake: *** [all] Error 2 *** >> [do-build] Error code 1 >> >> Stop in /usr/ports/news/pan. >> *** [build] Error code 1 >> ___ >> >> What should I do next? > > I ran into the same problem. I tried removing the cast on line 80 and > now it compiles ( and seems to work, no crashes so far.) Yes that works, thanks. Thanks also to Lowell Gilbert for his assistance, and to those concerned with identifying the patch (so quickly, too). http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=176887 Good work all round! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Pan-0.139 won't compile
On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:40:40 -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Walter Hurry writes: > >> Trying to upgrade /usr/ports/news/pan I get this: >> ___ >> mime-utils.cc: In function 'char* pan::__g_mime_iconv_strndup(void*, >> const char*, size_t, const char*)': >> mime-utils.cc:80: error: invalid conversion from 'char**' to 'const >> char**' >> mime-utils.cc:80: error: initializing argument 2 of 'size_t libiconv >> (void*, const char**, size_t*, char**, size_t*)' >> gmake[3]: *** [mime-utils.o] Error 1 gmake[3]: Leaving directory >> `/usr/ports/news/pan/work/pan-0.139/pan/ usenet-utils' >> gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[2]: Leaving directory >> `/usr/ports/news/pan/work/pan-0.139/pan' gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] >> Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory >> `/usr/ports/news/pan/work/pan-0.139' gmake: *** [all] Error 2 *** >> [do-build] Error code 1 >> >> Stop in /usr/ports/news/pan. >> *** [build] Error code 1 >> ___ >> >> What should I do next? > > Hmm. Interesting; looks like a compiler issue (the error strikes me as > likely bogus). What compiler were you using? Well, this is 9.1-RELEASE on amd64, and I'm using the default, which I believe is the cc1plus in gcc-4.2.1 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Pan-0.139 won't compile
Trying to upgrade /usr/ports/news/pan I get this: ___ mime-utils.cc: In function 'char* pan::__g_mime_iconv_strndup(void*, const char*, size_t, const char*)': mime-utils.cc:80: error: invalid conversion from 'char**' to 'const char**' mime-utils.cc:80: error: initializing argument 2 of 'size_t libiconv (void*, const char**, size_t*, char**, size_t*)' gmake[3]: *** [mime-utils.o] Error 1 gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/news/pan/work/pan-0.139/pan/ usenet-utils' gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/news/pan/work/pan-0.139/pan' gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/news/pan/work/pan-0.139' gmake: *** [all] Error 2 *** [do-build] Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/news/pan. *** [build] Error code 1 ___ What should I do next? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Question about port: net/linux-f10-openldap
When I install net/linux-f10-openldap (required by www/linux-f10- flashplugin), it installs a dangling symlink; i.e. /compat/linux/etc/ openldap. I realise of course that this is a rather trivial question, but should it be so? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: pkgng
On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:57:57 +, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 12/02/2013 17:43, Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:54:00 +, Matthew Seaman wrote: >> >>> On 15/12/2012 18:23, Walter Hurry wrote: >>>> On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:31:03 +, Matthew Seaman wrote: >>>> >>>>> 'm slowly collecting examples of applications where the shlib >>>>> analysis doesn't work properly >>>> >>>> In case you don't already have them in your list: opnjdk7 libreoffice >>> >>> Thanks. Added to the list. It always has to be the really big >>> projects (and tedious to debug because of that) doesn't it. >> >> Matthew, >> >> pkg check -Ba is still showing a number of false alarms for virtualbox- >> ose-4.2.6. > > Ah. OK. I'll investigate, at the weekend probably. Just to be sure, > you are running pkgng master from Github, and not the release from > ports? No, I'm running the (up to date) version from the ports: $ pkg -v 1.0.7 $ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: pkgng
On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:54:00 +, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 15/12/2012 18:23, Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:31:03 +, Matthew Seaman wrote: >> >>> 'm slowly collecting examples of applications where the shlib analysis >>> doesn't work properly >> >> In case you don't already have them in your list: opnjdk7 libreoffice > > Thanks. Added to the list. It always has to be the really big projects > (and tedious to debug because of that) doesn't it. Matthew, pkg check -Ba is still showing a number of false alarms for virtualbox- ose-4.2.6. Walter ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: binary updates for firefox and chromium?
On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:33:52 +0400, Peter Vereshagin wrote: > Hello. > > 2013/01/31 18:44:30 +0000 Walter Hurry => To > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org : > > WH> What, for example, is the problem with compiling Firefox 18 from the > port? > WH> > WH> It takes about an hour to compile on my main box (9.1 Release on- > WH> x86_64), which has nothing special at all by way of hardware. > > It use to take me a day (~20h) to rebuild each of: www/firefox, > www.seamonkey, mail/thunderbird. 20h? What on earth is your hardware? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: binary updates for firefox and chromium?
On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:32:25 +0400, Peter Vereshagin wrote: > Hello. > > I find it impossible to rebuild the hard but very commonly used packages > on every 'portaudit' notice. > > Impossible in my case means the result is unpredictable and the process > is too long. > > This involves mozilloids and a chromium at the least, needn't to mention > the OOo is a must, too. > > Looking at > > http://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-current/www/ > > I can't find them. FF is v16 there (v18+ is in the ports' head) and no > any chromium. > > Does it mean that if I need the binary-updated firefox and chromium then > I need to use pc-bsd? > > This makes me want even more to install a pc-bsd or the like into the > jail and rolling binary updates there without its GUI. Is there any > 'been there, done that' for the case? What, for example, is the problem with compiling Firefox 18 from the port? It takes about an hour to compile on my main box (9.1 Release on- x86_64), which has nothing special at all by way of hardware. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Delete /var/db/pkg.bak?
Admittedly disk space is cheap, but old habits die hard and I just don't like keeping stuff I no longer need. I converted to pkgng just under a couple of months ago, and have had no serious problems (even the minor issues have been promptly resolved with the kind and able assistance of Matthew Seaman). I have no intention of trying to 'go back', so my question is this: Is it safe now to clear out the pkg.bak file which was created by pkg2ng at the time of conversion? I'm almost sure it is, but just want to make certain. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Mount Logical (ext2fs) Partitions?
On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:43:51 -0800, Carl Johnson wrote: > Walter Hurry writes: > >> So it's my stupid mistake. I could have sworn it was ext2, but it was >> ext4. Sorry for all the noise! However, I'm glad you have helped, and >> that I have learned a little bit about Linux partitions as FreeeBSD >> slices. >> >> It was empty, so I just reformatted it as ext2, and hey presto; all is >> right with the world. > > Good to know you have it working, but for future reference there is a > fuse implementation of an ext4 driver: > > sysutils/fusefs-ext4fuse EXT4 implementation for FUSE > EXT4 implementation for FUSE. > WWW: https://github.com/gerard/ext4fuse/ > > I haven't tried it so I don't know how well it works. Even better! But I'll leave it for the moment; ext2 will suffice for my simple requirements (I only want to share a few files between FreeBSD and Linux without the overhead of putting them onto the external USB drive which I use for backups). I have of course mounted them rw, now that it's working. Many thanks once again. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Mount Logical (ext2fs) Partitions?
On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 09:24:06 -0800, Carl Johnson wrote: > Walter Hurry writes: > >> On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:07:59 -0800, Carl Johnson wrote: >> >>> There is a package called 'linuxfdisk' that is just a FreeBSD >>> implementation of the linux fdisk and will show you what the FreeBSD >>> partitions/slices are. You can also use gpart in the base system to >>> get the same information. The command 'gpart list ada0' will show the >>> primary partitions, and the command 'gpart list ada0s4' should show >>> the logical partitions inside of the extended partition. You can also >>> use 'file -s' and possibly do read-only mounts to see exactly what >>> they contain. The names will probably map out like linux, but the >>> 'sda*' will be changed to 'ada0s*'. >> >> Thanks for the pointers. Here is the relevant part of the output from >> 'gpart list ada0s4': >> >> 4. Name: ada0s8 >>Mediasize: 4194304 (39G) >>Sectorsize: 512 Stripesize: 0 Stripeoffset: 162529280 Mode: r0w0e0 >>rawtype: 131 length: 4194304 offset: 46143188992 type: >>linux-data index: 1430498 end: 172043415 start: 90121368 >> >> So I put into my /etc/fstab: >> >> /dev/ada0s8 /u01ext2fs ro,noauto 0 0 >> >> But when I issue 'sudo mount /u01' I get: >> >> mount: /dev/ada0s8: Invalid argument >> >> >> What am I doing wrong? > > I don't see anything wrong there. I use labels when possible, but that > doesn't really change anything. Have you tried using 'file -s > /dev/ada0s8' to see what the kernel thinks it is? Sorry, I didn't take advantage of that earlier piece of advice. Here it is: $ file -s /dev/ada0s8 /dev/ada0s8: no read permission $ ls -l /dev/ada0s8 crw-r- 1 root operator0, 102 26 Jan 18:09 / dev/ada0s8 $ sudo file -s /dev/ada0s8 /dev/ada0s8: Linux rev 1.0 ext4 filesystem data,UUID=d93b0074-04ca-4e5d-bee9-dfd85bce0b14, volume name "u01" (extents) (large files) (huge files) $ So it's my stupid mistake. I could have sworn it was ext2, but it was ext4. Sorry for all the noise! However, I'm glad you have helped, and that I have learned a little bit about Linux partitions as FreeeBSD slices. It was empty, so I just reformatted it as ext2, and hey presto; all is right with the world. Thanks again. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Mount Logical (ext2fs) Partitions?
On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:07:59 -0800, Carl Johnson wrote: > There is a package called 'linuxfdisk' that is just a FreeBSD > implementation of the linux fdisk and will show you what the FreeBSD > partitions/slices are. You can also use gpart in the base system to get > the same information. The command 'gpart list ada0' will show the > primary partitions, and the command 'gpart list ada0s4' should show the > logical partitions inside of the extended partition. You can also use > 'file -s' and possibly do read-only mounts to see exactly what they > contain. The names will probably map out like linux, but the 'sda*' > will be changed to 'ada0s*'. Thanks for the pointers. Here is the relevant part of the output from 'gpart list ada0s4': 4. Name: ada0s8 Mediasize: 4194304 (39G) Sectorsize: 512 Stripesize: 0 Stripeoffset: 162529280 Mode: r0w0e0 rawtype: 131 length: 4194304 offset: 46143188992 type: linux-data index: 1430498 end: 172043415 start: 90121368 So I put into my /etc/fstab: /dev/ada0s8 /u01ext2fs ro,noauto 00 But when I issue 'sudo mount /u01' I get: mount: /dev/ada0s8: Invalid argument What am I doing wrong? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Mount Logical (ext2fs) Partitions?
9.1 on x86_64. No doubt this question has been asked before, but how do I mount logical partitions (e2fs) under FreeBSD? I have checked the handbook, and DuckDuckGo'ed, but without finding anything useful. The third slice on my first disk is a physical one, and will mount happily under FreeBSD. >From /etc/fstab: /dev/ada0s3 /Mail ext2fs rw00 But I have a couple of logical partitions (also ext2fs) in the fourth slice, which I have been trying, unsuccessfully, to mount. For information, here is the BSD view of the disk: $ sudo fdisk *** Working on device /dev/ada0 *** parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: cylinders=310101 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl) Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1 parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: cylinders=310101 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl) Media sector size is 512 Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 Information from DOS bootblock is: The data for partition 1 is: sysid 131 (0x83),(Linux native) start 2048, size 24576000 (12000 Meg), flag 0 beg: cyl 0/ head 32/ sector 33; end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63 The data for partition 2 is: sysid 165 (0xa5),(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD) start 24578064, size 44040150 (21503 Meg), flag 80 (active) beg: cyl 1023/ head 255/ sector 63; end: cyl 1023/ head 255/ sector 63 The data for partition 3 is: sysid 131 (0x83),(Linux native) start 68618240, size 958464 (468 Meg), flag 0 beg: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63; end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63 The data for partition 4 is: sysid 5 (0x05),(Extended DOS) start 69577576, size 243002520 (118653 Meg), flag 0 beg: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63; end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63 $ Now here's how Linux sees it: $ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes, 312581808 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x38d5b517 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda120482457804712288000 83 Linux /dev/sda2 *245780646861821322020075 a5 FreeBSD /dev/sda36861824069576703 479232 83 Linux /dev/sda469577576 312580095 1215012605 Extended /dev/sda594158848 112590847 9216000 83 Linux /dev/sda6 112592896 118736895 3072000 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda7 118738944 1596989432048 83 Linux /dev/sda8 159700992 2416209914096 83 Linux /dev/sda9 241623040 27029913514338048 83 Linux /dev/sda10 270301184 31258009521139456 83 Linux /dev/sda11 695808009415679912288000 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order $ Can anyone provide a pointer please? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: problem compiling X11 ports under 9.1-RELEASE
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:01:25 +, Will Parsons wrote: > I've recently installed 9.1-RELEASE on a laptop and am in the process of > installing the ports that I want. On several now, I've encountered > error messages that I don't know how to deal with and for which I don't > see anything in the UPDATING file that seems to be relevant. > For example, trying to build both graphics/xv and x11-clocks/wmclock > results failure with the primary error message being: > > imake -DUseInstalled -I/usr/local/lib/X11/config Imakefile.c:16: error: > Imake.tmpl: No such file or directory > > followed by: > > make: don't know how to make all. Stop > > This happens both using portmaster (my usual method of installing ports) > and installing manually (cd /usr/ports/x/y; make). > > Imake seems to be installed (pkg_version reports imake-1.0.4,1) so I > don't know where to go from here. I tried x11-clocks/wmclock and it compiled successfully in seconds. $ locate Imake.tmpl /usr/local/lib/X11/config/Imake.tmpl $ pkg which /usr/local/lib/X11/config/Imake.tmpl /usr/local/lib/X11/config/Imake.tmpl was installed by package xorg-cf- files-1.0.4 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: pkgng - Symlinks created by portupgrade?
On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:50:56 +, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On 11/01/2013 15:18, Walter Hurry wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:50:34 +0000, Walter Hurry wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you yet again, Matthew. As always, you are a fount of knowledge.
>>>
>>> The guidance on LATEST_LINK has helped a great deal. I still have a
>>> further question or two though; I shall follow up within a day or two.
>>
>> Just one further question: Is there a reason why 'pkg create' doesn't
>> generate synonyms this way, even when the output directory is set to
>> /usr/
>> ports/packages/All?
>
> Yes. 'pkg create' may be used to create arbitrary packages outside the
> context of ports, so it doesn't want to assume the LATEST_LINK layout.
> (All you need is an appropriate MANIFEST file... or a previously
> installed package on your system.)
>
> Like I said, for the purpose of generating a pkgng repo, this whole
> question of directory structure is pretty much immaterial: pkgng doesn't
> care. Any sort of directory structure containing .txz package tarballs
> will do. (Usually putting all the pkgs together in one big directory is
> what happens.)
>
> The LATEST_LINK layout is aimed at people logging into a ftp server and
> hunting through the directory tree for the packages they want. Most
> pkgng repos won't let you login like that, nor will all of them
> necessarily let you get a directory listing, other than the data you can
> extract from repo.sqlite.
>
> As for special casing things when writing to ${PORTSDIR}/packages/All --
> no one has seen fit to write the code to do that. If you think this
> sort of functionality would be useful, well, we always like to get pull
> requests. I would point out though that there is already perfectly good
> code in bsd.port.mk et al to do this sort of thing, which you can access
> by 'make package'.
>
Thanks for the comprehensive explanation, Matthew. It's no big deal; I
was just curious. Yes, I was aware that pkg repo ignores symlinks - it
says so in 'man pkg-repo'.
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Re: pkgng - Symlinks created by portupgrade?
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:50:34 +, Walter Hurry wrote: > Thank you yet again, Matthew. As always, you are a fount of knowledge. > > The guidance on LATEST_LINK has helped a great deal. I still have a > further question or two though; I shall follow up within a day or two. Just one further question: Is there a reason why 'pkg create' doesn't generate synonyms this way, even when the output directory is set to /usr/ ports/packages/All? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: 9.0 vs 9.1
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:02:01 -0600, Scott Eberl wrote: > OK can someone please explain this to me in detail? I've been reading > all the release notes I can find and I'm not understanding why after > upgrading to 9.1 I have to compile from source to install stuff now. It > takes forever and asks me questions I have no idea what the answer is > to. Early today I installed irssi which I had to do with make clean > install because just doing pkg_add -r irssi complains about not being > able to find the url of it. > > Should I just reinstall 9.0 and not upgrade, will ports work correctly > then? What is difficult about compiling/installing from ports? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Unable to install xorg using pkg_add
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:30:43 -0600, Scott Eberl wrote: > Hello, I just installed FreeBSD last night using the bootonly image for > 9.0-RELEASE. I then updated to 9.1-RELEASE using freebsd-update. > Everything seems to have gone smoothly but now I'm getting the below > error when trying to isntall xorg. > I suggest: portsnap fetch portsnap extract cd /usr/ports/ make install clean (with root privileges, of course) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: pkgng - Symlinks created by portupgrade?
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:54:35 +, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 09/01/2013 18:31, Walter Hurry wrote: >> I am using pkgng. >> >> When I issue 'portupgrade -p', after build and installation, >> it builds a new package, as advertised. This (by default) is put into >> /usr/ ports/packages/All. >> >> At the same time, it installs a set of symlinks; one for each relevant >> port category, plus one in /usr/ports/packages/Latest. >> >> It is the naming of this last in which I am interested. Sometimes the >> symlink seems to bear the name (absent the version) of the package, and >> sometimes the name of the port (plus '.txz', of course). >> >> Two questions: >> >> 1) Does anyone know the logic used to derive the name of the symlink? >> >> 2) Would it be considered a breach of etiquette to email the port >> maintainer (bdrewery) and ask, or is this regarded as acceptable? >> >> 'man portupgrade' doesn't seem to shed any light on this, and I am >> unaware of where to seek other documentation. > > The layout of /usr/ports/packages is actually down to the ports system > directly and not in the control of any add on software like portupgrade, > portmaster or pkgng. > > The files under /usr/ports/packages/Latest are named according to the > LATEST_LINK variable in each port. It's meant to be unique per-port, > but falls somewhat short. Various ports have NO_LATEST_LINK set which > suppresses creating that link. Thank you yet again, Matthew. As always, you are a fount of knowledge. The guidance on LATEST_LINK has helped a great deal. I still have a further question or two though; I shall follow up within a day or two. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
pkgng - Symlinks created by portupgrade?
I am using pkgng. When I issue 'portupgrade -p', after build and installation, it builds a new package, as advertised. This (by default) is put into /usr/ ports/packages/All. At the same time, it installs a set of symlinks; one for each relevant port category, plus one in /usr/ports/packages/Latest. It is the naming of this last in which I am interested. Sometimes the symlink seems to bear the name (absent the version) of the package, and sometimes the name of the port (plus '.txz', of course). Two questions: 1) Does anyone know the logic used to derive the name of the symlink? 2) Would it be considered a breach of etiquette to email the port maintainer (bdrewery) and ask, or is this regarded as acceptable? 'man portupgrade' doesn't seem to shed any light on this, and I am unaware of where to seek other documentation. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: AARGH... give me some idea for ad-blockers
On Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:40:37 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > itHOught I'd ask the best list which ad-blocking software I should > use. > > firefox is my std browsers; also use ixquick. I just use a hosts file and it works well (as long as you're not running a web server on port 80 of the localhost, of course). I use the one at http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm, with a nightly cron job to fetch, unzip and dos2unix it, then merge it with my (very small) 'real' hosts stub. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Unreferenced Libraries?
On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:32:21 +, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 07/01/2013 14:27, Walter Hurry wrote: >> 9.1-RELEASE on amd64. >> >> libchk reports the following libraries (among others) as unreferenced: >> >> /usr/lib/libBlocksRuntime.so.0 /usr/lib/libform.so.5 >> /usr/lib/libformw.so.5 /usr/lib/libgpib.so.3 >> /usr/lib/libgssapi_ntlm.so.10 /usr/lib/libgssapi_spnego.so.10 >> /usr/lib/libhistory.so.8 /usr/lib/liblwres.so.80 /usr/lib/libmenu.so.5 >> /usr/lib/libmenuw.so.5 /usr/lib/libmilter.so.5 /usr/lib/libpanelw.so.5 >> /usr/lib/librpcsec_gss.so.1 /usr/lib/libstdbuf.so.1 >> /usr/lib/libsupc++.so.1 /usr/lib/libthread_db.so.3 >> >> All these are part of base. >> >> I note that in each case there is a .so symlink pointing to the >> relevant library, as is, I believe, accepted best practice. > > Yes, that's right. > >> Would I be correct in assuming that the reason libchk is reporting >> these as unreferenced is that everything which is actually using them >> is referencing the symlink? > > Actually, it is probably reporting them because nothing is actually > using them. libmilter.so.5 for instance won't have any consumers in the > base system (not even /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail) but it is provided > in case you want to install any mail filters from ports or otherwise. Oh, I see. They're OK then, and should simply be left well alone. >> Or is libchk clever enough to resolve symlinks, and there is a >> different reason? > > The shlib sym-link without the ABI version number is generally only used > at compile-time. Once the application has been linked, the dynamic > loader will require the shared library with appended ABI version. There > are instances of things that look at first sight like a shared library, > but that don't have an ABI version no. In general, these are not in > fact shared libraries, but loadable modules used by various specific > programs. Ah, right. Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Unreferenced Libraries?
9.1-RELEASE on amd64. libchk reports the following libraries (among others) as unreferenced: /usr/lib/libBlocksRuntime.so.0 /usr/lib/libform.so.5 /usr/lib/libformw.so.5 /usr/lib/libgpib.so.3 /usr/lib/libgssapi_ntlm.so.10 /usr/lib/libgssapi_spnego.so.10 /usr/lib/libhistory.so.8 /usr/lib/liblwres.so.80 /usr/lib/libmenu.so.5 /usr/lib/libmenuw.so.5 /usr/lib/libmilter.so.5 /usr/lib/libpanelw.so.5 /usr/lib/librpcsec_gss.so.1 /usr/lib/libstdbuf.so.1 /usr/lib/libsupc++.so.1 /usr/lib/libthread_db.so.3 All these are part of base. I note that in each case there is a .so symlink pointing to the relevant library, as is, I believe, accepted best practice. Would I be correct in assuming that the reason libchk is reporting these as unreferenced is that everything which is actually using them is referencing the symlink? Or is libchk clever enough to resolve symlinks, and there is a different reason? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
pkgng - Obsolete Dependencies?
On several of my boxes (set up with pkgng), libcheck was recorded as a dependency of a number of (wxPython etc.) packages. However, I noticed that on a fresh install, libcheck did not get pulled in. So I returned to the older boxes and reinstalled the depending packages, using 'pkg install -f'. Lo and behold, the dependencies disappeared. Is this expected behaviour? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf
On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:06:47 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: > Thanks that was it. > Sometimes your to close to the trees to see the forest. But you wouldn't have needed any REFUSE lines if you had followed my suggestion and just extracted the ports you wanted. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf
On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:27:41 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: > When issuing the portsnap command will it automatically read the > /etc/portsnap.conf file or is the -f option mandatory? It will use /etc/portsnap.conf by default. No need for -f unless you need to use a different config file. By the way, in answer to your question in another thread, you don't have to extract the whole tree if you don't want to. Use 'portsnap fetch' the first time around, and then portsnap extract the port you want. See 'man portsnap', and remember to cater for the dependencies. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: 9.1 on FTP
On Sat, 08 Dec 2012 13:20:43 +, Matthew Seaman wrote: > Yes, 9.1-RELEASE is delayed. Some of that is due to the effects of the > security compromise, some is down to the release process not being > pushed through as efficiently as it might be. It is coming. Soon. After the announcement the other day I have upgraded a test box (using freebsd-update) from 9.1-RC3 to 9.1-RELEASE. Entirely smooth and painless. Congratulations and heartfelt thanks to all concerned. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Another question about pkgng
On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:02:51 +, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 21:54:50 +, Matthew Seaman wrote: > >> On 24/11/2012 20:28, Walter Hurry wrote: >>> When I issue 'pkg version -R' it does not actually use the remote >>> repository for comparison; instead it uses the local cache of the >>> remote repository, i.e. it checks local.sqlite against repo.sqlite. >>> >>> That's fine, but should it not do a 'pkg update' first? >> >> That would be consistent with the way 'pkg upgrade' and 'pkg install' >> behave, so personally I think that would be a yes. >> >> Can you open an issue on Github so this point does not get forgotten >> please? >> >> https://github.com/pkgng/pkgng/issues >> > Thanks, Matthew. Done - Issue #396 > Sterling work, Matthew*; thanks for all your efforts. (* It's fixed in 1.1) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
