Updating texlive-base with portupgrade fails (sort of)

[David Demelier]

2013/8/25 Carmel <carmel_ny at hotmail.com>:
> Using "portupgrade-devel-20130718,3" installed from the ports system,
> attempting to update "texlive-base" always ends like this:
>
> --->  Build of print/texlive-base ended at: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 15:25:25 -0400 (consumed 00:11:57)
> --->  Updating dependency info
> --->  Modifying /var/db/pkg/texlive-full-20120701/+CONTENTS
> --->  Upgrade of print/texlive-base ended at: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 15:25:28 -0400 (consumed 00:12:00)
> --->  Session ended at: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 15:25:28 -0400 (consumed 00:12:19)
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/pkgtools/pkgtools.rb:828: stack level too deep (SystemStackError)
>
> I have attempted to reboot the system and then start the update
> process; however it doesn't make any difference. Even though it appears
> as if the port has been updated, when I run "pkgdb -aFv", I am greeted
> with this:
>
> [...]
> Checking texlive-base-20120701_7
> Checking texlive-full-20120701
> Stale dependency: texlive-full-20120701 -> texlive-base-20120701_8 (print/texlive-base):
> Disclose depends for texlive-full-20120701
> --->  Modifying /var/db/pkg/texlive-full-20120701/+CONTENTS
> Fixed. (-> texlive-base-20120701_7)
> [...]
>
> This is the only package that "portupgrade" seems to be chocking on. I
> used "portupgrade" to initially install the complete "texlive" package,
> so I am not sure why it is suddenly have problems.
>
> --
> Carmel
> carmel_ny at hotmail.com
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I don't understand why people try to "reboot" to fix problems, if it
does not work now it will probably not after a reboot :-). Anyway, the
problem seems to be located in portupgrade.

I would encourage you to switch to ports-mgmt/portmaster as
portupgrade is being less popular and less supported now.

Cheers,

-- 
Demelier David