Dependencies satisfied, build stops anyway.

[Kevin Oberman]

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 9:23 PM, Chris H <bsd-lists at bsdforge.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 21:12:28 -0800 "bob prohaska" <fbsd at www.zefox.net>
> said
>
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 08:32:53PM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>> > > Stale ports SHOULD not be an issue. Normally old ports are updated
>> > automatically. It is important that your ports tree is consistent and,
>> > usually that it is current. Assuming yours is, the only issue is the
>> > oddball case like this one. You won't hit them often. Usually it is
>> when a
>> > file that is tested for is missing. Usually a library. pkgdb says that
>> the
>> > port is installed, but the make looks for the actual library and
>> triggers
>> > an install, as opposed to a reinstall, when it is not found. Unled this
>> > systm has been massively mangled, it is a very unusual development, at
>> > least in my experience.
>> > --
>>
>> Aye, there's the rub 8-)
>>
>> Some time ago I accidentally destroyed most of /usr and ended up
>> reconstructing it from a recent snapshot. Since buildworld and
>> buildkernel seemed to work in /usr/src, I thought /usr/ports would
>> be likewise recovered after a fresh checkout.
>>
>> For now I've set
>> FORCE_PKG_REGISTER=yes in /etc/src.conf and that seems to allow make to
>> proceed without
>> interruptions for dns/bind910, but I gather that's not a long-term
>> fix.
>>
> I think you might have been better off going with the suggested
> cd /offending/port
> make deinstall
> make reinstall
>
> The choice to pollute your environment with FORCE_PKG_REGISTER
> will simply compound the problem you're already experiencing. :(
> Just saying.
>
> In the end, you're probably going need to decide on a revision,
> and check it out for both src && ports. Then perform a fresh
> build(world/kernel) && install world/kernel. Else you'll be
> fighting  this and other woes for eternity.
>
> I'm only saying all this in an effort to help. :)
>
> All the best, and best of luck. :)
>
> --Chris
>
>
>
>> Thanks very much!
>>
>> bob prohask
>
>
Ouch! Yes, you have a mess.

There is no requirement that ports and src be in sync. If you are running
any supported version of FreeBSD (10.4, 11.1, 10-STABLE, or 11-STABLE) or
CURRENT, you should be fine with updating your ports tree. Then you can
create a list of installed ports, delete all ports, and then re-install
from the list. If you use portmaster, the man page has a fairly simple list
of steps that can let you do that job. If you rebuild everything from
ports, it will take a while. I've done this for well over 1000 ports and it
had taken a couple of days.
--
Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer
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