xz

lumiwa@gmail.com lumiwa at gmail.com
Mon Feb 28 23:04:34 UTC 2011


Thank you.
BTW: this problem exist more than one year.


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----- Reply message -----
From: "Rene Ladan" <r.c.ladan at gmail.com>
To: "ajtiM" <lumiwa at gmail.com>
Cc: <freebsd-ports at freebsd.org>
Subject: xz
Date: Mon, Feb 28, 2011 16:46


Op 28-02-2011 23:31, ajtiM schreef:
> Hi!
> 
> Today I tried to run portmaster -ad on FreeBSD 8.2 and I got:
> portmaster -ad
> ===>>> Gathering distinfo list for installed ports
> 
> ===>>> Starting check of installed ports for available updates
> ===>>> Launching child to update xz-5.0.0 to xz-5.0.1
> 
> ===>>> Port directory: /usr/ports/archivers/xz
> 
>         ===>>> This port is marked IGNORE
>         ===>>> is already in the base system
> 
>         ===>>> If you are sure you can build it, remove the
>                IGNORE line in the Makefile and try again.
> 
> ===>>> Update for xz-5.0.0 failed
> ===>>> Aborting update
> 
> Than If I run:
> portmaster -e xz-5.0.0
> ===>>> Warning: Ports with dependencies on xz-5.0.0:
>         k9copy-2.3.4_4
>         kde4-4.5.5_1
>         kdebase-4.5.5
>         kdenetwork-4.5.5_2
>         kdesdk-4.5.5_1
>         kdeutils-4.5.5_2
>         kdevelop-4.1.0_2
>         kdevelop-pg-qt-0.9.0
>         kmplayer-kde4-0.11.2b,3
>         konq-plugins-4.4.0
>         kuickshow-0.9.1.4.4.0_1
>         kwebkitpart-0.9.6.b1_1
>         rpm2cpio-1.3_1
> 
>         ===>>> Delete this dependency data? y/n [n]
> 
> ...and what I don't know is do I need to press yes or no, please?
> 
> 
xz is really in the base system on 8.2 (and 8.1) as /usr/bin/xz, so the
port dependencies are wrong.  It should be safe to delete the xz-5.0.0
port, and make a symlink from /usr/local/bin/xz to /usr/bin/xz as a
temporary workaround to fool the dependent ports.

Regards,
René
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