Re: problems w/ touching all files?
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Richard DeLaurell richard.delaur...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Adam Vande More amvandem...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Richard DeLaurell richard.delaur...@gmail.com wrote: I made a big mistake the upshot of which is that many of my files (including many port/makefiles) have the wrong date. maybe try a portnsnap fetch extract, touch -m should help on /usr/ports/distfiles/ Wouldn't the portsnap fetch extract reset the modified dates without a touch? No, not for the files in /usr/ports/distfiles/ Those timestamps would be set when the tarball for the port is fetched. It is not modified other than that I believe except for perhaps access times. -- Adam Vande More ___ 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 w/ touching all files?
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Adam Vande More amvandem...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Richard DeLaurell richard.delaur...@gmail.com wrote: I made a big mistake the upshot of which is that many of my files (including many port/makefiles) have the wrong date. maybe try a portnsnap fetch extract, touch -m should help on /usr/ports/distfiles/ Wouldn't the portsnap fetch extract reset the modified dates without a touch? But I think your way is probably a good idea nonetheless. Thanks for the suggestion. Richard ___ 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 w/ touching all files?
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: On Thu, 11 Mar 2010, Richard DeLaurell wrote: I made a big mistake the upshot of which is that many of my files (including many port/makefiles) have the wrong date. Which date, where? Modification date? What is the wrong value they have now? Modification date. It is correct except the year is '11 rather than '10. As a result, I get a lot of failures when trying to install from ports. I have been unable to recreate the error today for some reason. I installed a few small ports (xminesweeper, e.g.), but those went in smoothly. I haven't tested it, but it may be that the error occurs only when upgrading a port; make complains that the new port is older than the existing. I will try a few more installs to see which throw the error and try to relate same on the list for future interest. I think it might be best just to wait until the next backup, upgrade, restore cycle, like maybe when 8.1 or 8.2 comes out to fix it more permanently. In any event, thanks for the help. Richard ___ 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 w/ touching all files?
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:33:02 -0600 Richard DeLaurell richard.delaur...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't tested it, but it may be that the error occurs only when upgrading a port; make complains that the new port is older than the existing. In port building the terms older and newer usually refer to versions rather than dates. ___ 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 w/ touching all files?
I made a big mistake the upshot of which is that many of my files (including many port/makefiles) have the wrong date. As a result, I get a lot of failures when trying to install from ports. I can get around it by temporarily setting the date, building the port, then resetting the date, but it is still inconvenient. I would rather not do a clean install at this point, but am wondering if touching all of the files on my system would solve this problem WITHOUT creating any new ones? If it would, what might those new complications be? As I say, it is not mission-critical at this point, but it would be helpful to fix this. Thanks for any help. Richard DeLaurell ___ 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 w/ touching all files?
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010, Richard DeLaurell wrote: I made a big mistake the upshot of which is that many of my files (including many port/makefiles) have the wrong date. Which date, where? Modification date? What is the wrong value they have now? As a result, I get a lot of failures when trying to install from ports. Please show an example. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ 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 w/ touching all files?
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Richard DeLaurell richard.delaur...@gmail.com wrote: I made a big mistake the upshot of which is that many of my files (including many port/makefiles) have the wrong date. As a result, I get a lot of failures when trying to install from ports. I can get around it by temporarily setting the date, building the port, then resetting the date, but it is still inconvenient. I would rather not do a clean install at this point, but am wondering if touching all of the files on my system would solve this problem WITHOUT creating any new ones? If it would, what might those new complications be? As I say, it is not mission-critical at this point, but it would be helpful to fix this. Thanks for any help. maybe try a portnsnap fetch extract, touch -m should help on /usr/ports/distfiles/ -- Adam Vande More ___ 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
