emulators ports: linux_base-8 vs linux_base-fc4

2006-07-13 Thread Petre Bandac
hallo

after a cvsup, portupgrading acroread gives me the following:

##
linux_base-fc-4_6 conflicts with installed package(s): 
  linux_base-8-8.0_15

They install files into the same place.
  Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1).
##

and 
kgb# pkg_info linux_base-8-8.0_15
Information for linux_base-8-8.0_15:

Comment:
Base set of packages needed in Linux mode (for i386/amd64)

Required by:
acroread7-7.0.1,1
linux-XFree86-libs-4.3.99.902_7
linux-atk-1.8.0_2
linux-expat-1.95.7_1
linux-firefox-1.5.0.4
linux-flashplugin-6.0r79_3
linux-fontconfig-2.2.3_4
linux-glib2-2.4.8_2
linux-gtk2-2.4.14_4
linux-hicolor-icon-theme-0.5
linux-jpeg-6b.33_1
linux-pango-1.6.0_2
linux-png-1.2.8_1
linux-tiff-3.6.1_6
linux_dri-4.4.0
skype-1.2.0.18

is it ok deleting linux_base-8 and installing linux-base-fc4 ? will the
dependencies be satisfied ?

thanks,

petre

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Re: emulators ports: linux_base-8 vs linux_base-fc4

2006-07-13 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 09:18:57PM +0300, Petre Bandac wrote:
 hallo
 
 after a cvsup, portupgrading acroread gives me the following:
 
 ##
 linux_base-fc-4_6 conflicts with installed package(s): 
   linux_base-8-8.0_15
 
 They install files into the same place.
   Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1).
 ##

[...]

 
 is it ok deleting linux_base-8 and installing linux-base-fc4 ? will the
 dependencies be satisfied ?

Read the 20060616 entry in /usr/ports/UPDATING for information on how to
update the linux emulation stuff.




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Re: emulators ports: linux_base-8 vs linux_base-fc4

2006-07-13 Thread Boris Samorodov
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:18:57 +0300 Petre Bandac wrote:

 after a cvsup, portupgrading acroread gives me the following:

 ##
 linux_base-fc-4_6 conflicts with installed package(s): 
   linux_base-8-8.0_15

 They install files into the same place.
   Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1).
 ##

 and 
 kgb# pkg_info linux_base-8-8.0_15
 Information for linux_base-8-8.0_15:

 Comment:
 Base set of packages needed in Linux mode (for i386/amd64)

 Required by:
 acroread7-7.0.1,1
 linux-XFree86-libs-4.3.99.902_7
 linux-atk-1.8.0_2
 linux-expat-1.95.7_1
 linux-firefox-1.5.0.4
 linux-flashplugin-6.0r79_3
 linux-fontconfig-2.2.3_4
 linux-glib2-2.4.8_2
 linux-gtk2-2.4.14_4
 linux-hicolor-icon-theme-0.5
 linux-jpeg-6b.33_1
 linux-pango-1.6.0_2
 linux-png-1.2.8_1
 linux-tiff-3.6.1_6
 linux_dri-4.4.0
 skype-1.2.0.18

 is it ok deleting linux_base-8 and installing linux-base-fc4 ? will the
 dependencies be satisfied ?

According to /usr/ports/UPDATING (please read it for detailed
information) you should replace linux base and linux X libraries.
All the dependencies should be satisfied.

BTW there were many changes to linux infrostructure ports since your
installation. You may consider portupgrading them all.


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Re: linux_base-8 fetch # of ports errors

2006-01-25 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Anthony M. Agelastos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Hello everyone,
 
 Several hours ago, I tried to upgrade linux_base-8 on my 6.0-STABLE
 box and it ran into many fetch problems, which can be seen below.
 Prior to this upgrading, I upgraded xorg without problems and after
 the failed troubleshooting, I had the machine install Firefox and it
 fetched it and built it without problems. Does anyone have any
 suggestions? I checked the archives and did not find anything. I

The servers don't seem to have that RPM, and the ones I checked (from
my copy of the port, which doesn't seem to match yours) had, if
anything, an older version.  I don't know the right place or version;
I'm having a little trouble wandering around the various FTP servers...

 CVSup'd from cvsup13.us if that has anything to do with it. While on
 the topic, I noticed earlier today that when I first issued the
 portupgrade command, it rebuilt the package database and it mentioned
 that there were 13,3xx packages... last time I checked the website it
 listed over 14,000 and I have my cvsup file set to d/l all groups.
 Any ideas? Thank you all for your continued assistance.

I've got a hair over 14000 entries in the ports db this morning.
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linux_base-8 fetch # of ports errors

2006-01-22 Thread Anthony M. Agelastos

Hello everyone,

Several hours ago, I tried to upgrade linux_base-8 on my 6.0-STABLE  
box and it ran into many fetch problems, which can be seen below.  
Prior to this upgrading, I upgraded xorg without problems and after  
the failed troubleshooting, I had the machine install Firefox and it  
fetched it and built it without problems. Does anyone have any  
suggestions? I checked the archives and did not find anything. I  
CVSup'd from cvsup13.us if that has anything to do with it. While on  
the topic, I noticed earlier today that when I first issued the  
portupgrade command, it rebuilt the package database and it mentioned  
that there were 13,3xx packages... last time I checked the website it  
listed over 14,000 and I have my cvsup file set to d/l all groups.  
Any ideas? Thank you all for your continued assistance.


Script started on Sun Jan 22 23:06:36 2006
dell# portupgrade -arR

---  Upgrading 'linux_base-8-8.0_6' to  
'linux_base-8-8.0_11' (emulators/linux_base-8)

---  Building '/usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-8'
===  Cleaning for rpm-3.0.6_10
===  Cleaning for gmake-3.80_2
===  Cleaning for automake-1.4.6_2
===  Cleaning for autoconf-2.13.000227_5
===  Cleaning for libtool-1.3.5_2
===  Cleaning for popt-1.7
===  Cleaning for gettext-0.14.5
===  Cleaning for perl-5.8.7_2
===  Cleaning for m4-1.4.4
===  Cleaning for libtool-1.5.22_1
===  Cleaning for libiconv-1.9.2_1
===  Cleaning for linux_base-8-8.0_11
= bash-2.05b-5.1.i386.rpm doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/ 
distfiles/rpm/i386/8.0.
= Attempting to fetch from http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/ 
distributions/redhat/redhat/linux/8.0/os/i386/.
fetch: http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat/ 
linux/8.0/os/i386/bash-2.05b-5.1.i386.rpm: Not Found
= Attempting to fetch from http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/ 
distributions/redhat/redhat/linux/8.0/updates/i386/.
fetch: http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat/ 
linux/8.0/updates/i386/bash-2.05b-5.1.i386.rpm: Not Found
= Attempting to fetch from http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/ 
distributions/redhat/redhat/linux/8.0/os/SRPMS/.
fetch: http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat/ 
linux/8.0/os/SRPMS/bash-2.05b-5.1.i386.rpm: Not Found
= Attempting to fetch from http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/ 
distributions/redhat/redhat/linux/8.0/updates/SRPMS/.
fetch: http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat/ 
linux/8.0/updates/SRPMS/bash-2.05b-5.1.i386.rpm: Not Found
= Attempting to fetch from http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/redhat/ 
linux/8.0/os/i386/.
fetch: http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/redhat/linux/8.0/os/i386/ 
bash-2.05b-5.1.i386.rpm: Not Found
= Attempting to fetch from http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/redhat/ 
linux/8.0/updates/i386/.
fetch: http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/redhat/linux/8.0/updates/ 
i386/bash-2.05b-5.1.i386.rpm: Not Found
= Attempting to fetch from http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/redhat/ 
linux/8.0/os/SRPMS/.
fetch: http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/redhat/linux/8.0/os/SRPMS/ 
bash-2.05b-5.1.i386.rpm: Not Found
= Attempting to fetch from http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/redhat/ 
linux/8.0/updates/SRPMS/.
fetch: http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/redhat/linux/8.0/updates/ 
SRPMS/bash-2.05b-5.1.i386.rpm: Not Found
= Attempting to fetch from ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ 
linux/redhat/8.0/os/i386/.
fetch: ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/redhat/8.0/os/i386/ 
bash-2.05b-5.1.i386.rpm: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no  
access)
= Attempting to fetch from ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ 
linux/redhat/8.0/updates/i386/.
fetch: ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/redhat/8.0/updates/ 
i386/bash-2.05b-5.1.i386.rpm: File unavailable (e.g., file not found,  
no access)
= Attempting to fetch from ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ 
linux/redhat/8.0/os/SRPMS/.
fetch: ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/redhat/8.0/os/SRPMS/ 
bash-2.05b-5.1.i386.rpm: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no  
access)
= Attempting to fetch from ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ 
linux/redhat/8.0/updates/SRPMS/.
fetch: ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/redhat/8.0/updates/ 
SRPMS/bash-2.05b-5.1.i386.rpm: File unavailable (e.g., file not  
found, no access)
= Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/site/ftp.redhat.com/ 
redhat/linux/8.0/os/i386/.
fetch: ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/site/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/8.0/os/ 
i386/bash-2.05b-5.1.i386.rpm: File unavailable (e.g., file not found,  
no access)
= Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/site/ftp.redhat.com/ 
redhat/linux/8.0/updates/i386/.
fetch: ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/site/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/8.0/ 
updates/i386/bash-2.05b-5.1.i386.rpm: File unavailable (e.g., file  
not found, no access)
= Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/site/ftp.redhat.com/ 
redhat/linux/8.0/os/SRPMS/.
fetch: ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/site/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/8.0/os/ 
SRPMS/bash-2.05b-5.1.i386.rpm: File unavailable

Re: Compiling/installing ports via NFS - any gotcha's? (while building linux_base-8-8.0_6, /usr/bin/build-locale-archive: cannot lock new archive: Operation not supported)

2005-02-02 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 05:15:19PM -0600, John typed:
 I don't have enough storage on my laptop for the entire ports tree
 (surprise, surprise), so I'm trying to make install acroread
 and jdk14 via NFS mounts from a bigger server.
 
 I'm down to trying to get the specific version of linux_base that
 it wants(and I already have the linux kld loaded and linprocfs
 mounted).  I have rpc.statd and rpc.lockd running on both systems.

What version of FreeBSD are you running? AFAIK, rpc.lockd in 4.x
only handles serverside locking, not from the client.

Ruben

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Re: Compiling/installing ports via NFS - any gotcha's? (while building linux_base-8-8.0_6, /usr/bin/build-locale-archive: cannot lock new archive: Operation not supported)

2005-02-02 Thread John
On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 01:19:18PM +0100, Ruben de Groot wrote:
 On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 05:15:19PM -0600, John typed:
  I don't have enough storage on my laptop for the entire ports tree
  (surprise, surprise), so I'm trying to make install acroread
  and jdk14 via NFS mounts from a bigger server.
  
  I'm down to trying to get the specific version of linux_base that
  it wants(and I already have the linux kld loaded and linprocfs
  mounted).  I have rpc.statd and rpc.lockd running on both systems.
 
 What version of FreeBSD are you running? AFAIK, rpc.lockd in 4.x
 only handles serverside locking, not from the client.

Thanks, Ruben.  I should have said.  It's 5.3-STABLE on both sides.

I now believe the problem was that I installed some parts before
the cvsup, and some parts after, and missed the messages about
it needing newer versions of some of the parts.  I ripped out
all the dependent packages and reinstalled the latest versions,
and a lot of the weirdness went away.  I also gave up trying
to do the make over NFS, which I now regret, because my NFS
server is the least powerful machine I have in terms of CPU
power, and it's been compilig for about 16 hours now...
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Compiling/installing ports via NFS - any gotcha's? (while building linux_base-8-8.0_6, /usr/bin/build-locale-archive: cannot lock new archive: Operation not supported)

2005-01-31 Thread John
I don't have enough storage on my laptop for the entire ports tree
(surprise, surprise), so I'm trying to make install acroread
and jdk14 via NFS mounts from a bigger server.

I'm down to trying to get the specific version of linux_base that
it wants(and I already have the linux kld loaded and linprocfs
mounted).  I have rpc.statd and rpc.lockd running on both systems.

It keeps erroring out with the message in my Subject line:

===  Patching for linux_base-8-8.0_6
===   linux_base-8-8.0_6 depends on executable: rpm - found
===  Configuring for linux_base-8-8.0_6
===  Installing for linux_base-8-8.0_6
kern.fallback_elf_brand: 3 - 3
redhat-release-8.0-8.noarch.rpm
glibc-common-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm
/usr/sbin/build-locale-archive: cannot lock new archive: Operation not supported
execution of glibc-common-2.3.2-4.80.8 script failed, exit status 1
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-8.

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linux_base-8 mystery

2004-11-02 Thread Bsd B
Hi, 
I have a question that has really stumped me. I have
searched far and wide and have found no literature on
it.
My question - Why can't i install linux_base-8 from
packages?

I am running linux_base-7.1_7 on FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE
and wish to upgrade to linux_base-8. As root I type
pkg_add -r linux_base-8 and get the following

Error: FTP Unable to get
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.10-release/Latest/linux_base-8.tgz:
File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
pkg_add: unable to fetch
'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.10-release/Latest/linux_base-8.tgz'
by URL

It installs perfectly from ports, but why not from
packages? I am puzzled. Does any one know why or can
point me to some reference or literature explaining
this mystery?
Cheers
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Re: linux_base-8 mystery

2004-11-02 Thread Aaron P. Martinez
On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 19:32, Bsd B wrote:
 Hi, 
 I have a question that has really stumped me. I have
 searched far and wide and have found no literature on
 it.
 My question - Why can't i install linux_base-8 from
 packages?
 
 I am running linux_base-7.1_7 on FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE
 and wish to upgrade to linux_base-8. As root I type
 pkg_add -r linux_base-8 and get the following
 
 Error: FTP Unable to get
 ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.10-release/Latest/linux_base-8.tgz:
 File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
 pkg_add: unable to fetch
 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.10-release/Latest/linux_base-8.tgz'
 by URL
 
 It installs perfectly from ports, but why not from
 packages? I am puzzled. Does any one know why or can
 point me to some reference or literature explaining
 this mystery?

I'm VERY new to freebsd, but as i understand things, all packages are
ports, but not all ports are packages  (unless you build it yourself of
course)
 Cheers
 Bob


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Re: linux_base-8 mystery

2004-11-02 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 12:32:51PM +1100, Bsd B wrote:
 Hi, 
 I have a question that has really stumped me. I have
 searched far and wide and have found no literature on
 it.
 My question - Why can't i install linux_base-8 from
 packages?

The maintainer ([EMAIL PROTECTED] marked it RESTRICTED because he is
under the impression that distributing the package would violate the
GPL.  You're invited to express to trevor your comments about the
correctness of this.

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Re: linux_base-8 mystery

2004-11-02 Thread Matt Navarre
On Tuesday 02 November 2004 05:32, Bsd B wrote:
 Hi,
 I have a question that has really stumped me. I have
 searched far and wide and have found no literature on
 it.
 My question - Why can't i install linux_base-8 from
 packages?

 I am running linux_base-7.1_7 on FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE
 and wish to upgrade to linux_base-8. As root I type
 pkg_add -r linux_base-8 and get the following

 Error: FTP Unable to get
 ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.10-release/Latest/l
inux_base-8.tgz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
 pkg_add: unable to fetch
 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.10-release/Latest/
linux_base-8.tgz' by URL


There's no linux_base-8 package there. In fact I don't see linux_base-8  
packages built for any 4.x (-RELEASE, -STABLE or -CURRENT).
 It installs perfectly from ports, but why not from
 packages? I am puzzled. Does any one know why or can
 point me to some reference or literature explaining
 this mystery?

Packages only exist if someone builds them. The packages in the release 
directory are, I believe, a shapshot of the ports tree at the time the 
release was made. I don't know how often the -STABLE and -CURRENT packages 
are updated or why linux-base-8 isn't in them. I don't see packages for 
5.3-RELEASE or -CURRENT either.

See the note in section 4.4.1 of the handbook:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/packages-using.html
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Re: Linux_Base-8 install

2004-04-07 Thread Phillip White

Did anyone reply to this person with respect to the below?  I've tried
e-mailing him directly but am getting a failure in doing so.

I have the exact same set up as he and am experiencing the same.


Thursday, November 27, 2003, 12:04:43 PM, you wrote:

MP I'm running 4.7 Release on one of my systems and am trying to install the
MP linux_base-8 from ports. It's failing with the following error:

===   linux_base-8-8.0_1 depends on executable: rpm - found
MP kern.fallback_elf_brand: 3 - 3
MP glibc-common-2.3.2-4.80.6.i386.rpm
MP /usr/sbin/build-locale-archive: cannot lock new archive: Invalid argument
MP execution of glibc-common-2.3.2-4.80.6 script failed, exit status 1
MP *** Error code 1

MP Has anyone run into this before?

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Linux_Base-8 install

2003-11-27 Thread Micheal Patterson
I'm running 4.7 Release on one of my systems and am trying to install the
linux_base-8 from ports. It's failing with the following error:

===   linux_base-8-8.0_1 depends on executable: rpm - found
kern.fallback_elf_brand: 3 - 3
glibc-common-2.3.2-4.80.6.i386.rpm
/usr/sbin/build-locale-archive: cannot lock new archive: Invalid argument
execution of glibc-common-2.3.2-4.80.6 script failed, exit status 1
*** Error code 1

Has anyone run into this before?

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Linux_Base 8

2003-11-06 Thread E. J. Cerejo
I'm running FBSD4.9 release and I'd like to use
linux_base 8 instead of 7 but when you install a port
that requires the linux emulator it automatically
installs linux_base 7 what do I need to do to change
this to linux_base 8?

Thanks

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Re: Linux_Base 8

2003-11-06 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 12:42:59AM -0800, E. J. Cerejo wrote:
 I'm running FBSD4.9 release and I'd like to use
 linux_base 8 instead of 7 but when you install a port
 that requires the linux emulator it automatically
 installs linux_base 7 what do I need to do to change
 this to linux_base 8?

Generally all you need to do is delete the linux_base 7 stuff and
install linux_base 8 before you attempt to install anything that would
depend on the linux_base port.

Ports don't fulfil their dependencies by checking that a particular
other port has been installed. Rather they check for the presence of a
particular file (often a shared library).  Only if that file isn't
found then they will attempt to install a port that provides what is
required.  However, in many cases there are several ports that could
fulfil the dependency, and if one of those is already installed things
should just work with that.

If you're a portupgrade(1) user, you should run pkgdb(1) to fix up the
dependencies recorded for the installed packages.  That's just
bookkeeping, and doesn't affect the day to day operation of the
system, although it does make it simpler to upgrade ports later on.
Also look at the ALT_PKGDEP array in pkgtools.conf as a way of
automatically recording the modified dependency in newly installed
ports.

Cheers,

Matthew

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