Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-10 Thread Eric Masson
Alejandro Imass writes: Hi, > IMO it's stupid as well and I second Dick's opinion. You're at least two, great. > The module doesn't hurt anyone, and reduces confusion. I think that > PHP is still more heavily deployed on mod_php than on anything else. > The Apache module should be built by def

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-10 Thread Peter
;> >>> *You* think it's stupid. >> >> Yes, as I wrote: "stupid imo" >> But thanks again for your reply. You may be right but I still feel it's >> better to *have* the pache module and disable it than to *have to* use >> ports >> jus

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-10 Thread Alejandro Imass
stupid. > > Yes, as I wrote: "stupid imo" > But thanks again for your reply. You may be right but I still feel it's > better to *have* the pache module and disable it than to *have to* use ports > just to get it. > IMO it's stupid as well and I second Dick'

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-10 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
etter to *have* the pache module and disable it than to *have to* use ports just to get it. ___ 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: ports vs packages

2012-01-10 Thread Eric Masson
y servers, you can build custom packages with options you need and then deploy. If you tinker with your home server, using the ports isn't that a problem... Éric Masson -- je comprend pas ce a quoi sert ce site ou cette boite a lettre.J'y voit plein de messages et autres anneries al

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-10 Thread Dmitry Sarkisov
d packaging > system. Given it is such a major infrastructure change the switch over > will have to be carefully managed and I'd expect there to be a lot of > activity over on freebsd-ports@ while it is all in beta. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > Thanks for the

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-10 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
Op 9-1-2012 23:00, alexus schreef: Thank you so much for this wonderful feedback! One of the things I'm seeing is that unfortunately packages are somewhat limited vs ports... For example: I'm trying to get Apache httpd + PHP to work, after pkg_add -r php5, php5 doesn't have

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-10 Thread Matthew Seaman
anaged and I'd expect there to be a lot of activity over on freebsd-ports@ while it is all in beta. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracanin

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-10 Thread Dmitry Sarkisov
On 10-01-2012, Tue [08:51:33], n j wrote: > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Alejandro Imass wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Devin Teske > > wrote: > >> Of course, this is explicit to rather serious production environments. > >> Desktop and casual usa

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-10 Thread n j
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Alejandro Imass wrote: > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Devin Teske wrote: >> Of course, this is explicit to rather serious production environments. >> Desktop and casual usage ... ports may serve you better if you like to stay >> up-to-

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-09 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 5:00 PM, alexus wrote: > Thank you so much for this wonderful feedback! > > One of the things I'm seeing is that unfortunately packages are > somewhat limited vs ports... > > For example: > > I'm trying to get Apache httpd + PHP to w

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-09 Thread alexus
Thank you so much for this wonderful feedback! One of the things I'm seeing is that unfortunately packages are somewhat limited vs ports... For example: I'm trying to get Apache httpd + PHP to work, after pkg_add -r php5, php5 doesn't have libphp5.so that links Apache and PHP

RE: ports vs packages

2012-01-09 Thread Devin Teske
> -Original Message- > From: aim...@yabarana.com [mailto:aim...@yabarana.com] On Behalf Of > Alejandro Imass > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 11:37 AM > To: Devin Teske > Cc: alexus; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: ports vs packages > > On Mon, Ja

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-09 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Devin Teske wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- [...] > Of course, this is explicit to rather serious production environments. > Desktop and casual usage ... ports may serve

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-09 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 1/9/12 6:48 PM, claudiu vasadi wrote: > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 6:17 PM, alexus wrote: > >> Ports vs Packages? >> >> /usr/ports vs pkg_* >> >> pros/cons >> >> -- >> http://alexus.org/ >> _

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-09 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 9 Jan 2012, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 12:17:37 -0500, alexus wrote: Ports vs Packages? /usr/ports vs pkg_* pros/cons In short: ports: pro: most current, if properly updated build from source (security!) apply

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-09 Thread claudiu vasadi
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 6:17 PM, alexus wrote: > Ports vs Packages? > > /usr/ports vs pkg_* > > pros/cons > > -- > http://alexus.org/ > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailma

RE: ports vs packages

2012-01-09 Thread Devin Teske
> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of alexus > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 9:18 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: ports vs packages > > Ports vs Packages?

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-09 Thread Daniel Staal
On Mon, January 9, 2012 12:17 pm, alexus wrote: > Ports vs Packages? > > /usr/ports vs pkg_* > > pros/cons Ports: Compiled to *your* specs, for *your* machine. Faster/smaller downloads. More options available for customization. Can apply your own patches. Packages: Faster

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-09 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 13:06:27 -0500, Alejandro Imass wrote: > Use pre-built binary packages to install very large > stuff like Gnome, Open Office, etc. Not an option if your required language settings or the inclusion or exclusion of desktop bindings (KDE, Gnome, CUPS) don't match the default option

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-09 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 12:17:37 -0500, alexus wrote: > Ports vs Packages? > > /usr/ports vs pkg_* > > pros/cons In short: ports: pro: most current, if properly updated build from source (security!) apply opti

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-09 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 12:17 PM, alexus wrote: > Ports vs Packages? > > /usr/ports vs pkg_* > > pros/cons The beauty of FBSD: they ultimately update the same DB, heck even Perl modules installed via the FBSD CPAN shell get updated to that same db. My rule of thumb: use ports

ports vs packages

2012-01-09 Thread alexus
Ports vs Packages? /usr/ports vs pkg_* pros/cons -- http://alexus.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-uns

Re: Same version on binary packages and updated ports

2011-12-30 Thread RW
o check portaudit for vulnerabilities. > > For such tasks, csup provides a good basis for explicitely > specifying a RELEASE or security patch level. This can be > applied to both the sources and the ports tree (of the > corresponding date). You would use the tag that was used for the tree

Re: Same version on binary packages and updated ports

2011-12-30 Thread Walter Alejandro Iglesias
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 01:14:35PM +, RW wrote: > If it's for a production server, you might consider building your own > packages on a separate machine. My principal interest is server side. The true is, a year ago, I gave a try to a server (a web server) in a VPS and the only two things

Re: Same version on binary packages and updated ports

2011-12-30 Thread Polytropon
s like individual-separated statements, that's why you > > did not fully understand my question (my horrible English helps > > too :-)). > > > > Let's see if I can explain myself. > > > > I know that FreeBSD base system and 3rd party are "managed&q

Re: Same version on binary packages and updated ports

2011-12-30 Thread RW
lly understand my question (my horrible English helps > too :-)). > > Let's see if I can explain myself. > > I know that FreeBSD base system and 3rd party are "managed" > separately. For RELEASE I meant the ports included in a fresh > RELEASE install. The sc

Re: Same version on binary packages and updated ports

2011-12-29 Thread Walter Alejandro Iglesias
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 01:03:01PM -0600, Adam Vande More wrote: > That is the price you pay for updated software on FreeBSD. > OK, Adam. That's almost as expected. > -- > Adam Vande More Thanks to all. Walter ___ freebsd-quest

Re: Same version on binary packages and updated ports

2011-12-29 Thread Adam Vande More
, this will likely result in a significant amount of compiling depending time from RELEASE and your chosen packages and whatever PACKAGESITE is set to eg stable. That is the price you pay for updated software on FreeBSD. Also be sure to read /usr/ports/UPDATING There are man pages and a handbook

Re: Same version on binary packages and updated ports

2011-12-29 Thread Walter Alejandro Iglesias
an explain myself. I know that FreeBSD base system and 3rd party are "managed" separately. For RELEASE I meant the ports included in a fresh RELEASE install. The scenario is: what to do after a fresh RELEASE install. Once you updated the ports with 'portsnap fech extract update'

Re: Same version on binary packages and updated ports

2011-12-29 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Dec 29, 2011, at 11:16 AM, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote: > I am giving my firsts steps with FreeBSD. Greetings and welcome... > In a RELEASE fresh install, after updating the ports using i.e. > portsnap, the packages downloaded with pkp_add -r are older > versions respec

Re: Same version on binary packages and updated ports

2011-12-29 Thread Polytropon
nstall, after updating the ports using i.e. > portsnap, the packages downloaded with pkp_add -r are older > versions respect their port counterparts, leading to > dependencies issues. So, once the ports tree is updated: > > 1) Am I forced to compile all? No, you aren't forced

Re: Same version on binary packages and updated ports

2011-12-29 Thread Jerry McAllister
gle, mailing list, forums, freebsd > handbook and I am still not clear about the following. > > In a RELEASE fresh install, after updating the ports using i.e. > portsnap, the packages downloaded with pkp_add -r are older > versions respect their port counterparts, leading to > depen

Same version on binary packages and updated ports

2011-12-29 Thread Walter Alejandro Iglesias
Hello, I am giving my firsts steps with FreeBSD. I've searched a lot in google, mailing list, forums, freebsd handbook and I am still not clear about the following. In a RELEASE fresh install, after updating the ports using i.e. portsnap, the packages downloaded with pkp_add -r are

Re: hooking /usr/ports/graphics/gnash to /usr/ports/www/firefox ?

2011-12-28 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
ot clear what the URL is, of the flash to > > > > > save to file } > > > > > > > > In reply to knowing the flash's URL, I think the download helper > > > > plugin for FF could be of use to you. > > > > > > Does plug

Re: hooking /usr/ports/graphics/gnash to /usr/ports/www/firefox ?

2011-12-28 Thread Julian H. Stacey
flash's URL, I think the download helper > > > plugin for FF could be of use to you. > > > > Does plugin = remote compiled binary ? > > If so I'd rather not thanks (security). > > > > With > > /usr/ports/graphics/gnash > > I can now

Re: hooking /usr/ports/graphics/gnash to /usr/ports/www/firefox ?

2011-12-28 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
o from CLI, > > > But I'm not clear what the URL is, of the flash to save > > > to file } > > > > In reply to knowing the flash's URL, I think the download helper > > plugin for FF could be of use to you. > > Does plugin = remote comp

Re: hooking /usr/ports/graphics/gnash to /usr/ports/www/firefox ?

2011-12-27 Thread Julian H. Stacey
} > > In reply to knowing the flash's URL, I think the download helper plugin > for FF could be of use to you. Does plugin = remote compiled binary ? If so I'd rather not thanks (security). With /usr/ports/graphics/gnash I can now run eg gnash /xp/WINDOWS

Re: hooking /usr/ports/graphics/gnash to /usr/ports/www/firefox ?

2011-12-27 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 12/27/11 4:45 PM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Hi questions@ [snip] > Externaly > { > man gnash says what to do from CLI, > But I'm not clear what the URL is, of the flash to save to file > } In reply to knowing the flash's URL, I think the download helper plugin for FF

hooking /usr/ports/graphics/gnash to /usr/ports/www/firefox ?

2011-12-27 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi questions@ cc Dmitry Marakasov ( of graphics/gnash/Makefile ) On 8.2-RELEASE amd64 I ran make install on both /usr/ports/www/firefox /usr/ports/graphics/gnash But I see no hint what to read, hot to get firefox to call gnash. I would like to view a flash eg from http

Re: port astro/stellarium: /usr/ports/astro/stellarium/work/stellarium-0.11.1/plugins/AngleMeasure/src/AngleMeasure.hpp, : File name too long,*** Error code 1

2011-11-27 Thread Garrett Cooper
k disabled, database not found > ===>  License GPLv2 accepted by the user > ===>  Found saved configuration for stellarium-0.11.1 > ===>  Extracting for stellarium-0.11.1 > => SHA256 Checksum OK for stellarium-0.11.1.tar.gz. > ===>  Patching for stellarium-0.11.1 > sed:

port astro/stellarium: /usr/ports/astro/stellarium/work/stellarium-0.11.1/plugins/AngleMeasure/src/AngleMeasure.hpp, : File name too long,*** Error code 1

2011-11-27 Thread O. Hartmann
und saved configuration for stellarium-0.11.1 ===> Extracting for stellarium-0.11.1 => SHA256 Checksum OK for stellarium-0.11.1.tar.gz. ===> Patching for stellarium-0.11.1 sed: /usr/ports/astro/stellarium/work/stellarium-0.11.1/src/core/external/fixx11h.h /usr/ports/astro/stellarium/work/ste

Re: ports make search not working in jails

2011-11-15 Thread Alejandro Imass
t; >>>> Hi, > [...] > Today I noticed something interesting... > [...] OK, so it happened to me again on a new server and here is the cause: When you initialize ezjail if you forget the -p to include ports you can actually fix this by re-initializing with ezjail-admin update

Re: The ports are really funcional?

2011-11-01 Thread RW
On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 07:28:18 +0100 Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:08:42 -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > My experience is exactly the opposite. The biggest problem I've > > had with ports came from trying to follow the recommended approach > >

Re: The ports are really funcional?

2011-10-31 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:08:42 -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > My experience is exactly the opposite. The biggest problem I've > had with ports came from trying to follow the recommended approach > of updating the tree after installing, before trying to build > any

Re: The ports are really funcional?

2011-10-31 Thread perryh
Michael Powell wrote: > I have always suspected that unknowingly utilizing the already > out-of-date tree from the initial install is probably what causes > most newcomers' problems with ports. My experience is exactly the opposite. The biggest problem I've had with ports

Re: The ports are really funcional?

2011-10-31 Thread Michael Powell
Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:45:44 -0300, Zantgo wrote: >> then, as the system must be configured?, I thought as I was >> was perfect. I have a laptop with intel core i5. > > The ports should work without any further configuration > change, no matter

Re: The ports are really funcional?

2011-10-31 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:45:44 -0300, Zantgo wrote: > then, as the system must be configured?, I thought as I was > was perfect. I have a laptop with intel core i5. The ports should work without any further configuration change, no matter if you've installed via Internet or from an i

Re: The ports are really funcional?

2011-10-31 Thread Zantgo
then, as the system must be configured?, I thought as I was was perfect. I have a laptop with intel core i5. PS: I think that occupying FreeBSD or OpenBSD, and you should consider ;) Zantgo El 31-10-2011, a las 6:12, Joe Gain escribió: > I agree, the ports are *amazing*. Even w

Re: The ports are really funcional?

2011-10-31 Thread Joe Gain
I agree, the ports are *amazing*. Even when installing a major component like kde4. If you have your base system set up correctly this very complex task will generally complete flawlessly. For a first-time install you can accept most of the default options when configuring, but it's probably

Re: The ports are really funcional?

2011-10-30 Thread Polytropon
s just work. > For things you want to tailor and optimize to your needs then use the > ports system. FBSD is so cool that it doesn't matter if you install > one way or the other and you can use almost all methods > interchangeably. A managament tool (such as portmaster or portupgrade)

Re: The ports are really funcional?

2011-10-30 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Zantgo wrote: > What happens is that I tried to install things on the ports, but almost no > one serves me, I've only been able to install firefox, I tried also install > KDE, GNOME and KFCE, but I have been many errors, commonly solocionables, fo

Re: The ports are really funcional?

2011-10-30 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:19:16 -0300, Zantgo wrote: > What happens is that I tried to install things on the ports, > but almost no one serves me, I've only been able to install > firefox, I tried also install KDE, GNOME and KFCE, but I have > been many errors, commonly solocionabl

Re: The ports are really funcional?

2011-10-30 Thread Neal Hogan
;> What happens is that I tried to install things on the ports, but almost >>> no one serves me, I've only been able to install firefox, I tried also >>> install KDE, GNOME and KFCE, but I have been many errors, commonly >>> solocionables, for example I had to modif

Re: The ports are really funcional?

2011-10-30 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 30 Oct 2011, Zantgo wrote: El 30-10-2011, a las 19:55, Warren Block escribi?: On Sun, 30 Oct 2011, Zantgo wrote: What happens is that I tried to install things on the ports, but almost no one serves me, I've only been able to install firefox, I tried also install KDE, GNOM

Re: The ports are really funcional?

2011-10-30 Thread Zantgo
El 30-10-2011, a las 19:55, Warren Block escribió: > On Sun, 30 Oct 2011, Zantgo wrote: > >> What happens is that I tried to install things on the ports, but almost no >> one serves me, I've only been able to install firefox, I tried also install >> KDE, GNOME a

Re: The ports are really funcional?

2011-10-30 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 30 Oct 2011, Zantgo wrote: What happens is that I tried to install things on the ports, but almost no one serves me, I've only been able to install firefox, I tried also install KDE, GNOME and KFCE, but I have been many errors, commonly solocionables, for example I had to m

The ports are really funcional?

2011-10-30 Thread Zantgo
What happens is that I tried to install things on the ports, but almost no one serves me, I've only been able to install firefox, I tried also install KDE, GNOME and KFCE, but I have been many errors, commonly solocionables, for example I had to modify "REFRESH" to "true&q

Re: rsync and the ports tree

2011-10-28 Thread Peter Kryszkiewicz
Sounds like a well-thought out backup strategy. I've started to use your methods here, and I'm building ports I need at the same time, but the wireless here is not password protected so is incredibly slow as there are lots of leaches on the system. But while I'm plodding along, I

Re: rsync and the ports tree

2011-10-26 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Peter Kryszkiewicz wrote: > I have several machines installed in my temporary location and only my > laptop gets the internet through wireless. So far I've been building ports > on the other machines by rsync'ing the distfiles from the lapt

Re: rsync and the ports tree

2011-10-26 Thread Christer Solskogen
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Peter Kryszkiewicz wrote: > I have several machines installed in my temporary location and only my > laptop gets the internet through wireless. So far I've been building ports > on the other machines by rsync'ing the distfiles from the lapt

rsync and the ports tree

2011-10-26 Thread Peter Kryszkiewicz
I have several machines installed in my temporary location and only my laptop gets the internet through wireless. So far I've been building ports on the other machines by rsync'ing the distfiles from the laptop as I need them (all machines have the same FreeBSD 8.2 installed). The pro

Re: which ports require dialog during update

2011-10-24 Thread Doug Barton
On 10/24/2011 01:57, Thomas Mueller wrote: > So would portmaster give me a similar log file without conio and stdio going > to war with each other? To the extent that I understand your question, I think portmaster can help. Why don't you install it, read the man page, and give it a try. Doug

Re: which ports require dialog during update

2011-10-24 Thread Thomas Mueller
gt; showing the user the config dialogs. The configuration option to save > those logs is in the portmaster man page. > > NetBSD pkgsrc, which has been ported to other mostly (quasi-)Unix > > OSes as well, has a better way: putting options in /etc/mk.conf : not > > to say NetBSD p

Re: which ports require dialog during update

2011-10-23 Thread Doug Barton
ion option to save those logs is in the portmaster man page. > NetBSD pkgsrc, which has been ported to other mostly (quasi-)Unix > OSes as well, has a better way: putting options in /etc/mk.conf : not > to say NetBSD pkgsrc is better than FreeBSD ports system, just that > they have

Re: which ports require dialog during update

2011-10-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 23/10/2011 10:48, Thomas Mueller wrote: > NetBSD pkgsrc, which has been ported to other mostly (quasi-)Unix > OSes as well, has a better way: putting options in /etc/mk.conf : not > to say NetBSD pkgsrc is better than FreeBSD ports system, just that > they have a good idea in this a

Re: which ports require dialog during update

2011-10-23 Thread Thomas Mueller
NetBSD pkgsrc is better than FreeBSD ports system, just that they have a good idea in this aspect. Tom ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail t

Re: which ports require dialog during update

2011-10-21 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 21 Oct 2011, Galati, Michael wrote: Unfortunately, there's no good way of upgrading packages on FreeBSD (that I'm aware of, at least). My solution (crude as it may be) has been to remove all the packages and reinstall. There's pkg_upgrade from sysutils/bsdadminscripts. ___

Re: which ports require dialog during update

2011-10-21 Thread Open Slate
Not exactly an answer to your question, but I use the batch flag to bypass configuration menus. If you have one or two ports you do not install with default settings, you can go back and install manually. On Oct 20, 2011 9:54 PM, "Paul Macdonald" wrote: Hi, Is there a way to tell w

Re: which ports require dialog during update

2011-10-21 Thread Galati, Michael
>  >Hi, Is there a way to tell which ports might require dialog input > during update, i have some auto update scripts > > Stop doing this. > > > > Your update scripts do not read /usr/ports/UPDATING. > > Your update scripts do not read package changel

Re: which ports require dialog during update

2011-10-21 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 21 Oct 2011, Paul Macdonald wrote: Can i programmatically tell if user input is required? It might require reinventing the logic used by the ports system Makefiles. Or maybe there's a way to run make config-recursive but get dialog to immediately cancel any config screens

Re: which ports require dialog during update

2011-10-21 Thread kron24
On 2011/10/21 11:21, Damien Fleuriot wrote: On 10/21/11 11:14 AM, Paul Macdonald wrote: Hi, Is there a way to tell which ports might require dialog input during update, i have some auto update scripts Stop doing this. Your update scripts do not read /usr/ports/UPDATING. Your update scripts

Re: which ports require dialog during update

2011-10-21 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 10/21/11 11:14 AM, Paul Macdonald wrote: >>Hi, Is there a way to tell which ports might require dialog input > during update, i have some auto update scripts >> Stop doing this. >> >> Your update scripts do not read /usr/ports/UPDATING. >> Your update scrip

Re: which ports require dialog during update

2011-10-21 Thread Paul Macdonald
>Hi, Is there a way to tell which ports might require dialog input during update, i have some auto update scripts Stop doing this. Your update scripts do not read /usr/ports/UPDATING. Your update scripts do not read package changelogs. What you're doing is irresponsible, and pot

Re: which ports require dialog during update

2011-10-21 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 10/21/11 9:53 AM, Paul Macdonald wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there a way to tell which ports might require dialog input during > update, > > i have some auto update scripts Stop doing this. Your update scripts do not read /usr/ports/UPDATING. Your update scripts do not re

which ports require dialog during update

2011-10-21 Thread Paul Macdonald
Hi, Is there a way to tell which ports might require dialog input during update, i have some auto update scripts which when prompted will run through updates, but occassionally i forget which will require user input and this leads to dialog running ( often @ 100%) until i notice. Obviously

Re: ports/distfiles via NFS or SSH

2011-10-15 Thread Lowell Gilbert
; > I tried to mount the ports tree on this machine to the other machines > (machine mfc for instance) with: > > #mfc> cd /usr > #mfc> mount_nfs vbear:/usr/ports ports > > and then installing the needed port on mfc. What happens is that the working > directories and th

ports/distfiles via NFS or SSH

2011-10-13 Thread Peter Kryszkiewicz
I have several machines networked using NFS mounts or SSH and scp. Only one machine has internet connectivity - a laptop (machine vbear) with a wireless card (I'm in a temporary location for a few weeks and only wireless is available here). I tried to mount the ports tree on this machine t

Re: Trying to build Nessus 4 from ports

2011-09-26 Thread Michael D. Norwick
On 09/26/11 06:43, Mike Clarke wrote: On Monday 26 September 2011, Michael D. Norwick wrote: Still no joy trying to build from source via ports or installing the binary from tenable.com on FreeBSD 9. nessusd is installed but errors out with 'libz.so.5 not found. I have; $ ls -l /lib

Re: Trying to build Nessus 4 from ports

2011-09-26 Thread Mike Clarke
On Monday 26 September 2011, Michael D. Norwick wrote: > Still no joy trying to build from source via ports or installing the > binary from tenable.com on FreeBSD 9.  nessusd is installed but > errors out with 'libz.so.5 not found.  I have; > > $ ls -l /lib/libz.* > -r

Re: Trying to build Nessus 4 from ports

2011-09-26 Thread Trond Endrestøl
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:11-0500, Michael D. Norwick wrote: > On 09/25/11 10:08, Trond Endrestøl wrote: > > On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:24+0200, Andrei Brezan wrote: > > > > > On 23/09/2011 23:31, Michael D. Norwick wrote: > > > > Good Day > > > > >

Re: Trying to build Nessus 4 from ports

2011-09-26 Thread Michael D. Norwick
On 09/25/11 10:08, Trond Endrestøl wrote: On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:24+0200, Andrei Brezan wrote: On 23/09/2011 23:31, Michael D. Norwick wrote: Good Day Trying to build /usr/ports/security/nessus on FreeBSD 9-beta2 with ports updated via - portsnap fetch update - completed 09/22/2011. The

Re: Trying to build Nessus 4 from ports

2011-09-25 Thread Trond Endrestøl
On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:24+0200, Andrei Brezan wrote: > On 23/09/2011 23:31, Michael D. Norwick wrote: > > Good Day > > > > Trying to build /usr/ports/security/nessus on FreeBSD 9-beta2 with ports > > updated via - portsnap fetch update - completed 09/22/2011.

Re: Trying to build Nessus 4 from ports

2011-09-24 Thread Andrei Brezan
On 23/09/2011 23:31, Michael D. Norwick wrote: Good Day Trying to build /usr/ports/security/nessus on FreeBSD 9-beta2 with ports updated via - portsnap fetch update - completed 09/22/2011. The result from #>make; ===> Applying FreeBSD patches for nessus-libraries-2.2.9_1 ===>

Trying to build Nessus 4 from ports

2011-09-23 Thread Michael D. Norwick
Good Day Trying to build /usr/ports/security/nessus on FreeBSD 9-beta2 with ports updated via - portsnap fetch update - completed 09/22/2011. The result from #>make; ===> Applying FreeBSD patches for nessus-libraries-2.2.9_1 ===> nessus-libraries-2.2.9_1 depends on executab

Re: Using ports and packages together (or, how do I get mod_php5 ? )

2011-09-20 Thread Jason C. Wells
On 09/20/11 01:23, Matthew Seaman wrote: 'Latest' packages are built for each updated port + OS version + architecture combination whenever resources are available on the build cluster. Typically that implies a delay of a few days or a week or so after the update hits the ports CVS

Re: Using ports and packages together (or, how do I get mod_php5 ? )

2011-09-20 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 20/09/2011 05:33, Jason C. Wells wrote: > I noticed only recently that there are now packages on FTP in a folder > called packages-8-stable. I am not sure how often these are built. I > expect that the entire ports tree is built much like it is during a > release, except at some

Re: Using ports and packages together (or, how do I get mod_php5 ? )

2011-09-19 Thread Jason C. Wells
On 09/19/11 13:56, Lars Eighner wrote: On Mon, 19 Sep 2011, Brandon Kuczenski wrote: I'm concerned that, if I have some packages built from ports and some installed from the release, that the system will become unstable if things get too out of sync. Doh, I just read the handbook.

Re: Using ports and packages together (or, how do I get mod_php5 ? )

2011-09-19 Thread Jason C. Wells
On 09/19/11 13:56, Lars Eighner wrote: On Mon, 19 Sep 2011, Brandon Kuczenski wrote: I'm concerned that, if I have some packages built from ports and some installed from the release, that the system will become unstable if things get too out of sync. I noticed only recently that ther

Re: Using ports and packages together (or, how do I get mod_php5 ? )

2011-09-19 Thread Lars Eighner
On Mon, 19 Sep 2011, Brandon Kuczenski wrote: I'm concerned that, if I have some packages built from ports and some installed from the release, that the system will become unstable if things get too out of sync. I'd like to say it doesn't matter, but ... If you are using pa

Using ports and packages together (or, how do I get mod_php5 ? )

2011-09-19 Thread Brandon Kuczenski
Hi, I'm running RELENG_8_2 and I've been using packages instead of ports for most things, because they're so much quicker. But certain packages aren't compiled the way I need them to be-- postfix had no TLS or SASL support, for example, so I built it from the port

a portmaster/ports question

2011-09-18 Thread Aryeh Friedman
Is there any way to get portmaster to reinstall every port in the *EXACT* same order they where installed in, preferably with out any knowledge of what ports where installed after the current one was the reason for asking is many times it seems that subtle incompatibilities solely due to

Re: Date Ports Installed or Install Log

2011-09-04 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 04/09/2011 12:09, Richard Collyer wrote: > Just incase anyone else reads this for a solution I think the cd > /usr/ports/packages line near the bottom was a typo and should have been > /var/db/pkg Yes. Dammit. One of these days I'll perfect the art of writing down exactly what

Re: Date Ports Installed or Install Log

2011-09-04 Thread Richard Collyer
fair number of packaged (mostly X11 related) that I don't need on this headless server so I'd like to tidy them up. Is there a way of finding out what date/order ports have been installed or is the output that is sent over ssh logged anywhere so I can trace back and find out what packa

Re: Date Ports Installed or Install Log

2011-09-04 Thread Matthew Seaman
(mostly X11 related) that I don't > need on this headless server so I'd like to tidy them up. > > Is there a way of finding out what date/order ports have been installed > or is the output that is sent over ssh logged anywhere so I can trace > back and find out what packa

Date Ports Installed or Install Log

2011-09-04 Thread Richard Collyer
this headless server so I'd like to tidy them up. Is there a way of finding out what date/order ports have been installed or is the output that is sent over ssh logged anywhere so I can trace back and find out what packages I need to nerf. I've run cutleaves and portmaster to show port

trouble with ports

2011-08-20 Thread Chip Camden
kage 'rxvt-unicode-9.11' is corrupt This prevents 'portmaster -a' from working at all, and 'portupgrade -a' will not detect changes to those ports whose info is corrupt. Neither does portversion report on those ports (it acts like they aren't installed). I've

Re: ports make search not working in jails

2011-08-18 Thread Alejandro Imass
I noticed something interesting... If you SSH to the jail you get this when you try to make fetchindex: fetch: /var/ports/INDEX-8.bz2: open(): No such file or directory But is you jexec to the jail as root from the host then it fetches the index without any problems. It may be related to EzJa

Re: "make readmes" no longer builds individual ports' README.html files?

2011-08-11 Thread Emanuel Haupt
"Conrad J. Sabatier" wrote: > Having been away from FreeBSD for a while, I'm still catching up with > all the changes that took place while I was on hiatus, so bear with me > here. :-) > > Trying to construct the ports' README.html files with: > > cd

Re: ports make search not working in jails

2011-08-11 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Jason Helfman wrote: > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:05:14AM -0400, Alejandro Imass thus spake: >> >> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Alejandro Imass wrote: >>> [...] >> Never mind. It's a specific couple of jails that doesn't work and I >> never tried to fetchind

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