ports hosed

[Kent Stewart]

On Sunday 04 April 2004 12:27 pm, Kent Stewart wrote:
> On Sunday 04 April 2004 12:21 pm, Jay Moore wrote:
> > On Sunday 04 April 2004 08:07 am, Kent Stewart wrote:
> > > > # portupgrade -f lang/ruby18
> > > > Stale dependency: ruby-1.8.1_2 --> openssl-0.9.7d -- manually
> > > > run 'pkgdb -F' to fix, or specify -O to force.
> > > > # pkgdb -F
> > > > --->  Checking the package registry database
> > > > Stale dependency: openldap-client-2.1.29 -> openssl-0.9.7d
> > > > (security/openssl): openoffice-1.1.0_1 (score:23%) ?
> >
> > ---- <snip> ----
> >
> > > > What is this? I don't understand the question... Is this
> > > > documented anywhere?
> > >
> > > You didn't do a portupgrade -rRa. The easy way is to upgrade or
> > > install openssl-0.9.7d.
> >
> > Thanks, Kent. I was following the procedure in /usr/ports/UPDATING,
> > and the question seemed so out of context... I mean
> > "openoffice-1.1.0_1(score:23%)" - what's with that?
> >
> > Anyway, as I read ports-using.html from the Handbook, portupgrade
> > -a is a "superset" of "portupgrade -rRa"... is that correct?
> >
> > Bottom line here (in my case) is this: I'm afraid my ports tree may
> > be BFU; this all started when I tried to install the "K3b" port
> > which apparently has a bazillion dependencies. At least one of the
> > tar.gz files couldn't be located, and things have kind of gone
> > downhill from there :(    For me, I'm afraid that salvation may
> > require "wiping" the entire ports tree, and re-installing it from
> > the 5.2 cd.   Is there a safe & clean way  to do that?
>
> It was the closest thing to openssl. There is what I think is a
> problem with ports such as openssl. It is in the makefile to
> portupgrade but if you do a make search, it doesn't show up. When you
> see an obvious link problem like you saw, check if you have it
> installed. If you do/don't just upgrade/install what is missing.

It is a dependancy to ruby-1.8 but it wasn't installed/upgraded for some 
reason. The same logic for a solution applies.

Kent

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Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

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