Re: [OT] CVSUP (was "Re: Was: Re: Why This Infinite Loop??")

2006-08-22 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Aug 22, 2006, at 12:19 AM, Erik Trulsson wrote: On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 06:38:46AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: Lowell Gilbert wrote: Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gerard Seibert wrote: IMHO, it might be a lot easier for him to use portsnap. Especially if he is not familia

Re: [OT] CVSUP (was "Re: Was: Re: Why This Infinite Loop??")

2006-08-22 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 06:38:46AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> Gerard Seibert wrote: > > > >>> IMHO, it might be a lot easier for him to use portsnap. Especially > >>> if he is not familiar with the FBSD ports system

Re: [OT] CVSUP (was "Re: Was: Re: Why This Infinite Loop??")

2006-08-21 Thread Matthew Seaman
Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Gerard Seibert wrote: > >>> IMHO, it might be a lot easier for him to use portsnap. Especially >>> if he is not familiar with the FBSD ports system. Just my opinion >>> though. > >>CVSUP isn't that difficult IMHO to lear

Re: [OT] CVSUP (was "Re: Was: Re: Why This Infinite Loop??")

2006-08-21 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Gerard Seibert wrote: >> IMHO, it might be a lot easier for him to use portsnap. Especially >> if he is not familiar with the FBSD ports system. Just my opinion >> though. >CVSUP isn't that difficult IMHO to learn, and is a better, more > efficien

Re: [OT] CVSUP (was "Re: Was: Re: Why This Infinite Loop??")

2006-08-21 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Monday 21 August 2006 15:02, Garrett Cooper wrote: >     CVSUP isn't that difficult IMHO to learn, and is a better, more > efficient way to download the ports Makefiles. It will take him all of > 10-20 minutes to configure if he reads the documentation and uses the > example file. I am always w

[OT] CVSUP (was "Re: Was: Re: Why This Infinite Loop??")

2006-08-21 Thread Garrett Cooper
Gerard Seibert wrote: On Monday 21 August 2006 13:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:14:10 -0400 beno wrote: Gerard Seibert wrote: To update portmanager, assuming you have an up-to-date port system: cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager male install & make clean

Re: (no subject) Was: Re: Why This Infinite Loop??

2006-08-21 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Monday 21 August 2006 13:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:14:10 -0400 beno wrote: > >Gerard Seibert wrote: > >> To update portmanager, assuming you have an > >> up-to-date port system: > >> > >> cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager > >> male install & make clean > > > >Well, h

Re: Why This Infinite Loop??

2006-08-21 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Monday 21 August 2006 13:14, beno wrote: > Gerard Seibert wrote: > > To update portmanager, assuming you have an up-to-date port system: > > > > cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager > > male install & make clean > > Well, here's exactly what I'm doing: > > cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanage

Re: Why This Infinite Loop??

2006-08-21 Thread Garrett Cooper
beno wrote: Garrett Cooper wrote: cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager && make deinstall && make install I'm afraid that just reinstalled 0.2.0_1 ... if you haven't cvsup'ed lately, I'd try to grab a snapshot of ports first. How? TIA, beno Run "rm -Rf on /usr/ports/" to remove your stale port

Re: Why This Infinite Loop??

2006-08-21 Thread beno
Gerard Seibert wrote: To update portmanager, assuming you have an up-to-date port system: cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager male install & make clean Well, here's exactly what I'm doing: cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager make install make clean /usr/local/bin/portmanager

Re: Why This Infinite Loop??

2006-08-21 Thread beno
Garrett Cooper wrote: cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager && make deinstall && make install I'm afraid that just reinstalled 0.2.0_1 ... if you haven't cvsup'ed lately, I'd try to grab a snapshot of ports first. How? TIA, beno ___ freebsd-questions@f

Re: Why This Infinite Loop??

2006-08-21 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Monday 21 August 2006 12:03, beno wrote: > Gerard Seibert wrote: > > Run 'portmanager -V' and see if it equals: 0.4.1_6. > > 0.2.0 > > > If not, you have an older > > version of portmanager. Update it just like any other port, only do not > > use portmanager to do it. > > That's my question. How

Re: Why This Infinite Loop??

2006-08-21 Thread Garrett Cooper
beno wrote: Gerard Seibert wrote: Run 'portmanager -V' and see if it equals: 0.4.1_6. 0.2.0 If not, you have an older version of portmanager. Update it just like any other port, only do not use portmanager to do it. That's my question. How do I update it if I can't use portmanager, portmas

Re: Why This Infinite Loop??

2006-08-21 Thread beno
Gerard Seibert wrote: Run 'portmanager -V' and see if it equals: 0.4.1_6. 0.2.0 If not, you have an older version of portmanager. Update it just like any other port, only do not use portmanager to do it. That's my question. How do I update it if I can't use portmanager, portmaster (which I

Re: Why This Infinite Loop??

2006-08-21 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Monday 21 August 2006 10:40, beno wrote: > How do I upgrade portmanager? Run 'portmanager -V' and see if it equals: 0.4.1_6. If not, you have an older version of portmanager. Update it just like any other port, only do not use portmanager to do it. cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager make ins

Re: Why This Infinite Loop??

2006-08-21 Thread beno
Gerard Seibert wrote: Do you have the latest version of 'portmanager' installed? There was an older version that had this bug, but it was fixed. How do I upgrade portmanager? beno ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.o

Re: Why This Infinite Loop??

2006-08-21 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Monday 21 August 2006 09:25, beno wrote: > I successfully rebuilt FreeBSD from 5.3 to 6.1. However, when I ran > portmanager -u > my server went into an infinite loop! It kept reinstalling Bind and I > think Perl. I don't think it installed anything more than that. I had > run this command: > ma

Why This Infinite Loop??

2006-08-21 Thread beno
Hi; I successfully rebuilt FreeBSD from 5.3 to 6.1. However, when I ran portmanager -u my server went into an infinite loop! It kept reinstalling Bind and I think Perl. I don't think it installed anything more than that. I had run this command: make delete-old-libs but also had added the lib di