Lots of core files with latest xscreensaver-gnome

[Stacey Roberts]

Hi Kevin,
   
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Oberman <oberman at es.net>"
To: To Stacey Roberts
Date: Mon, 03 May, 2004 20:21 BST
Subject: Re: Lots of core files with latest xscreensaver-gnome

> > Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 20:14:02 +0100
> > From: Stacey Roberts <stacey at vickiandstacey.com>
> > Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome at freebsd.org
> > 
> > 
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> > Hi Adam,
> >    Thanks for the time..,
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Adam Weinberger <adamw at freebsd.org>"
> > To: To Stacey Roberts
> > Date: Mon, 03 May, 2004 19:45 BST
> > Subject: Re: Lots of core files with latest xscreensaver-gnome
> > 
> > > >> (05.03.2004 @ 1344 PST): Stacey Roberts said, in 3.6K: <<
> > > > Hi Adam,
> > > >=20
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Adam Weinberger <adamw at FreeBSD.org>"
> > > > To: To Stacey Roberts
> > > > Date: Mon, 03 May, 2004 17:54 BST
> > > > Subject: Re: Lots of core files with latest xscreensaver-gnome
> > > >=20
> > > > > Clear out everything in /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg and the run:
> > > > >=20
> > > > > portupgrade -u -a -f
> > > > >=20
> > > > > That will rebuild everything. After you clear out
> > > > > /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg, nothing will run until you complete the
> > > > > portupgrade.
> > > >=20
> > > > Thanks for the reply.
> > > >=20
> > > > As nothing (presumably this refers to X-related apps) will run in betwe=
> > en "rm -rf'ing /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg/*" and the portupgrade cmd, is it =
> > best then, to ensure that no-one is logged in on X during this exercise?
> > > >=20
> > > > If anything I'll be looking to run this overnight.
> > > >=20
> > > > Thanks again, Adam.
> > > >=20
> > > > Regards,
> > > >=20
> > > > Stacey
> > > >> end of "Re: Lots of core files with latest xscreensaver-gnome" from St=
> > acey Roberts <<
> > >=20
> > > That's probably the safest behaviour, yes. It's not that *nothing* will
> > > run, but after you delete the stuff in .../pkg, a whole bunch of things
> > > will be missing libraries.
> > 
> > Fair enough.., I'll make sure that X is off before the exercise for each ma=
> > chine. I don't suppose you'd be able to let me know what kind of time-frame=
> >  I could expect in terms of round-trip completion, would you?
> > 
> > >=20
> > > I hope that someday they'll make -u a default argument to
> > > portupgrade(1).
> > 
> > Hmm.., reading through the man pages here (from a *NON*-developer's perpect=
> > ive), I guess I could see why the "-u" switch isn't default, just in case *=
> > something* fails during the install / registration stages I suppose. Then t=
> > here's a way to back out. But again, I stress that I'm not pretending to un=
> > derstand that stuff.
> > 
> > On that note though.., see as on all my systems gnomemeeting is
> > un-portupgradeable (openh323-1.12.0_3 is forbidden:
> >http://people.freebsd.org/~eik/portaudit/27c331d5-64c7-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a.html),
> > what are the chances of gnomemeeting being in this state causing
> > problems? I guess I'll find out later tonight, but its good to be prepared.
> 
> Gnomemeeting should not be a problem in this regard. It has also been
> pulled from the standard gnome2 meta-port, so building gnome2 won't even
> try to build gnomemeeting.

Actually Kevin, running "portupgrade -u -a -f" *does* attempt to rebuild Gnomemeeting, which failed. The rebuild has kept on going though, which I-suppose-is-kinda-okay? My question is, what affect is this likely to have on the machine at the end of this (so far 30-odd hour) rebuild?

I'm also curious as to why Gnomemeeting *was* a part of this, given the suggestion (above) that it shouldn't.

Thanks for the time.

Regards,

Stacey

> 
> Unfortunately, I use GnomeMeeting, so I am hoping to get a chance to
> work on getting pwlib and openh323 updated soon. (Not that I'll succeed,
> but, if I can point out specific problems to Roger H, I'm hoping he can
> point me in the right direction.)
> -- 
> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
> E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634

-- 
Stacey Roberts
B. Sc (HONS) Computer Science

Web: www.vickiandstacey.com
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