Resolved: Need Assistance Upgrading Ethereal-0.10.13_3 to 0.10.14

[Robert H. Perry]

Nagilum wrote:
> Hi Bob,
> 
> It seems you caught the port in a unstable moment where the patch could
> not be applied for some reason. This was probably only a very brief
> moment so the next cvsup/portsnap update fixed the problem.
> Kind regards,
> 
> Robert H. Perry wrote:
> 
> 
>>-------- Original Message --------
>>Subject: Need Assistance Upgrading Ethereal-0.10.13_3 to 0.10.14
>>Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:52:21 -0500
>>From: Robert H. Perry <rperry at gti.net>
>>To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>>
>>FreeBSD sphinx.my.domain 5.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE #0:
>>
>>Ran into the following error while running portupgrade on ethereal:
>>
>>==> applying extra patch
>>/usr/ports/net/ethereal/files/extra-patch-capture_loop.c
>>***Error code 1
>>
>>Stop in usr/ports/net/ethereal.
>>Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/bin/script -qa
>>/tmp/portupgrade43330.26 make
>>** Fix the problem and try again.
>>
>>The recommendation "Fix the problem and try again."
>>seems relatively straightforward, however...
>>Is this an error I should know how to easily fix?  Please advise.
>>
>>Thnx
>>
>>Just want to report that the error noted above did not re-occur during
>>this week's upgrade.  Have no idea how, or why.
>>

Nagilum,
Thanks for the explanation.  If I come across another message like this, 
I'll know to use a little patience as my first step.

Bob