Problem upgrading misc/help2man: missing language files

[Thomas Mueller]

from Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen at ose.nl>:

> Below it looks like the creation of the backup package fails, which get's
> deleted by default after the new port is installed.
> I Just update ports on a CURRENT server with csup from cvsup4.nl.FreeBSD.org
> and the help2man version is still 1.40.12
> I will go ahead and update from cvsup9.freebsd.org
> .
> .
> .
> No help2man-1.40.13 yet.
> Maybe csup the portstree again and retry portmaster misc/help2man?

> Did portmaster end with lines like
> Upgrade of help2man-1.40.11 to help2man-1.40.12
> But then help2man-1.40.12 to help2man-1.40.13 instead of the above?
> The it should be OK.

No, I was trying to upgradr from 1.40.12 to 1.40.13

I used "portsnap fetch update", and I saw the new version 1.40.13

Perhaps I could use "portmaster -B misc/help2man" to prevent creating another backup.

Maybe my installation of 1.40.12 was corrupted, or maybe it was a matter of not having NLS option for 1.40.12

This raises the question of how one rebuilds and reinstalls a corrupted port installation when backing up would not be desired.


Tom