autoconf failure

[Barry Byrne]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Chad Perrin
> Sent: 04 October 2007 00:35
> To: FreeBSD Questions
> Subject: autoconf failure
> 
> First, portversion reports as follows:
> 
>   # portversion -v|grep -v =
>   autoconf-2.53_4             <  needs updating (port has 2.61_2) 
>   autoconf-2.59_3             <  needs updating (port has 2.61_2)
> 
> Then, /usr/ports/UPDATING fails to note anything about the 
> new autoconf
> version other than the following:
> 
>   The ports tree has been migrated to the latest version of autoconf,
>   2.61.  Versions 2.53 and 2.59 were declared obsolete and removed.
> 
> Finally, using portupgrade to try to update my autoconf version yields
> the following results:
> 
>   ===>   autoconf-2.61_2 is already installed
>         You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again
>         by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly.
>         If you really wish to overwrite the old port of 
> devel/autoconf261
>         without deleting it first, set the variable 
> "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER"
>         in your environment or the "make install" command line.
>   *** Error code 1
> 
>   Stop in /usr/ports/devel/autoconf261.
>   *** Error code 1
> 
>   Stop in /usr/ports/devel/autoconf261.
>   ** Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/bin/script -qa \
>   /tmp/portupgrade.31535.1 env UPGRADE_TOOL=portupgrade \
>   UPGRADE_PORT=autoconf-2.53_4 UPGRADE_PORT_VER=2.53_4 make reinstall
>   --->  Restoring the old version
> 
> I also get this:
> 
>   ** Port marked as IGNORE: x11-servers/xorg-server-snap:
>   	is outdated
> 
> I'm not entirely sure what that's about.
> 
> I imagine it wouldn't be safe to `make deinstall` all things autoconf,
> then try to `make install` autoconf.  Am I wrong about that?  Is there
> some other way to fix this?  Have I overlooked something obvious?
> 

Chad,

Had the same thought's here - don't know for certain that it's the right
thing to do, but I did:

cd /usr/ports/devel/autoconf261
make deinstall
make reinstall

This seemed to remove the older versions of autoconf.

Following that a portupgrade -av built the few other ports that had been
skipped previously.

Cheers,

Barry