Re: Moving to new PC
Jonathan Horne wrote: > well, i have eventually come to an error, at the 89% mark. > from /var/log/portmanager.log: > Tue Sep 19 09:32:28 2006 > bsd.port.mk /usr/ports/Mk > corrupt unable to restored from back up > cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager; make -V PKGNAME > > i was asked if i want to skip this patch, and when i hit y, the process ended. I am assuming that you did not run out of disc space. That is strange. I have no idea what it is, but I do think that the basic idea is sound. Thanks for your help. -- Gerard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Moving to new PC
On Monday 18 September 2006 16:53, you wrote: > From: Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [...] > > the update for today is, that it is still going, but there has been quite a > bit of delay while the ports stops on the knobs screen. each time i see > one, i hit the 'ok', but this is causing the obvious delays. > > other than that, so far, no errors or halts. > > I have an idea that it will work just fine. I already have a custom > make.conf file that contains most of the knobs for apache, kde, etc that I > have installed. I guess copying the config files would also be a good idea. > Then just setting BATCH=yes would complete the process. > > Thanks! > > well, i have eventually come to an error, at the 89% mark. from /var/log/portmanager.log: Tue Sep 19 09:32:28 2006 bsd.port.mk /usr/ports/Mk corrupt unable to restored from back up cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager; make -V PKGNAME i was asked if i want to skip this patch, and when i hit y, the process ended. jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Moving to new PC
From: Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [...] the update for today is, that it is still going, but there has been quite a bit of delay while the ports stops on the knobs screen. each time i see one, i hit the 'ok', but this is causing the obvious delays. other than that, so far, no errors or halts. I have an idea that it will work just fine. I already have a custom make.conf file that contains most of the knobs for apache, kde, etc that I have installed. I guess copying the config files would also be a good idea. Then just setting BATCH=yes would complete the process. Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Moving to new PC
On Sunday 17 September 2006 14:35, White Hat wrote:
> I am planning on migrating to a new PC in the near
> future, perhaps after FBSD 6.2 is released. I was
> therefore wondering if the following scenario was
> possible.
>
> 1) Tar up the /var/db/pkg directory on old system
> 2) Untar the collection into the same location on new
> PC
> 3) Run portsnap to get an up-to-date ports collection
> 4) Run portmanager to actually install the ports.
>
> I have close to 500 entries in the directory and
> trying to install them all manually is a lot of work.
> Of course there are META packages like KDE, but still
> I would have a lot of manual work involved to get it
> all back to the same state I had it in on the old PC.
Most of those 500 entries will be installed as a side effect, of a much
smaller number of leaf-ports (around 10% in my case). You've probably already
done your move, but for future reference, or in case you run into problems, I
would suggest this:
1. Run "portmanager -slid" to remove any unwanted leaf-ports (probably all the
ones you dont remember installing)
2. run the following (which may take several minutes) to generate a list of
the remaining leaves:
portmanager -sl |awk '{ print $2 }' |egrep "^/[^/[:space:]]+/" > leafports
3 copy the leafports file to the new machine and run something like:
cat leafports | xargs portmanager
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Re: Moving to new PC
On Sunday 17 September 2006 16:04, Jonathan Horne wrote: > On Sunday 17 September 2006 12:44, White Hat wrote: > > --- Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > sounds interesting enough. if you will supply the > > > portmanager command syntax, > > > ill supply the test computer, and post the results. > > > > I guess I would want to run portmanager in a force > > update mode. > > > > portmanager -u -f -l -y > > > > should do it. It will create a log in > > /var/log/portmanager.log so at least we can see what > > transpires. The '-y' flag may not be necessary, but > > should not hurt. It will force it to answer yes to any > > questions. The only problem that I could forsee is the > > building of Java. Those files would have to be > > download prior to the build and installed in the > > /usr/ports/distfiles directory. I think portmanager by > > default does not do Java. That means that the > > pm-020.conf file will have to be modified. Not a big > > deal though. > > ok, test run #1 is under way. i built a system using the same base install > that i did for my workstation (minimal). as prescribed, i then copied over > the entire /var/db/pkg/ directory from my worktation to the new system, and > issued the command 'portmanager -u -f -l -y'. so far, the test system is > behaving as the experiment expected, and it is currently downloading > sources and it looks to be building packages. > > ill update again later (probably need about a day, this test system is but > an athlon 2000+ with an ages old hard drive). > > **update before i click send** > the -y flag does not appear to be honored here, as gettext just stop to ask > me what i would like built. > > cheers, > jonathan the update for today is, that it is still going, but there has been quite a bit of delay while the ports stops on the knobs screen. each time i see one, i hit the 'ok', but this is causing the obvious delays. other than that, so far, no errors or halts. cheers, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Moving to new PC
On Sunday 17 September 2006 12:44, White Hat wrote: > --- Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > > sounds interesting enough. if you will supply the > > portmanager command syntax, > > ill supply the test computer, and post the results. > > I guess I would want to run portmanager in a force > update mode. > > portmanager -u -f -l -y > > should do it. It will create a log in > /var/log/portmanager.log so at least we can see what > transpires. The '-y' flag may not be necessary, but > should not hurt. It will force it to answer yes to any > questions. The only problem that I could forsee is the > building of Java. Those files would have to be > download prior to the build and installed in the > /usr/ports/distfiles directory. I think portmanager by > default does not do Java. That means that the > pm-020.conf file will have to be modified. Not a big > deal though. ok, test run #1 is under way. i built a system using the same base install that i did for my workstation (minimal). as prescribed, i then copied over the entire /var/db/pkg/ directory from my worktation to the new system, and issued the command 'portmanager -u -f -l -y'. so far, the test system is behaving as the experiment expected, and it is currently downloading sources and it looks to be building packages. ill update again later (probably need about a day, this test system is but an athlon 2000+ with an ages old hard drive). **update before i click send** the -y flag does not appear to be honored here, as gettext just stop to ask me what i would like built. cheers, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Moving to new PC
--- Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > sounds interesting enough. if you will supply the > portmanager command syntax, > ill supply the test computer, and post the results. I guess I would want to run portmanager in a force update mode. portmanager -u -f -l -y should do it. It will create a log in /var/log/portmanager.log so at least we can see what transpires. The '-y' flag may not be necessary, but should not hurt. It will force it to answer yes to any questions. The only problem that I could forsee is the building of Java. Those files would have to be download prior to the build and installed in the /usr/ports/distfiles directory. I think portmanager by default does not do Java. That means that the pm-020.conf file will have to be modified. Not a big deal though. -- White Hat [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Moving to new PC
On Sunday 17 September 2006 08:35, White Hat wrote: > I am planning on migrating to a new PC in the near > future, perhaps after FBSD 6.2 is released. I was > therefore wondering if the following scenario was > possible. > > 1) Tar up the /var/db/pkg directory on old system > 2) Untar the collection into the same location on new > PC > 3) Run portsnap to get an up-to-date ports collection > 4) Run portmanager to actually install the ports. > > I have close to 500 entries in the directory and > trying to install them all manually is a lot of work. > Of course there are META packages like KDE, but still > I would have a lot of manual work involved to get it > all back to the same state I had it in on the old PC. > It would seem to me that by doing it in this fashion > all of the programs would be built correctly for the > new system which is going to be quite a bit different > than the one I have now. > > In theory this seems to work, but I wanted to know if > it is actually possible before attempting it. sounds interesting enough. if you will supply the portmanager command syntax, ill supply the test computer, and post the results. cheers, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
