portupgrade -af in FreeBSDupdate to 8.0

[Matthew Seaman]

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On 23/06/2010 08:29:41, n dhert wrote:
> Why does it stop? Can it be avoided? Or can I make portupgrade -af start
> from where it got so far in the first run ?

portupgrade is written in ruby -- having its command interpreter ripped
out from underneath it does tend to cramp its style somewhat.  Actually,
the specific reason it crashes is the ruby-18-dbXX module, which also
needs to be recompiled.

The best way around the problem is to delete portupgrade and everything
it depends on, and then reinstall from the ports directly:

    # pkg_deinstall -Rf portupgrade-2.4.6_4,2
    # cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade
    # make install
    # make clean

If you do this first, you can then run portupgrade -af, which will
recompile ruby and dependencies, but because everything is already
recompiled, its compatible and you don't get a crash.

> I could do # portupgrade -af  again, but this is again "everything" (11
> hours)...

Fix portupgrade as shown above, then run something like this:

   # portupgrade -x ">=2010-06-23" -af

This says: "upgrade everything, except those packages installed more
recently than 2010-06-23."  You should chose the date where you
*started* your original portupgrade -af session.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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