Pkg upgrade 'SAT solver' problem

[Peter Harrison]

On 8 December 2014 at 21:28, pete wright <nomadlogic at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Peter Harrison
> <four.harrisons at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Can someone help with a pkg upgrade problem please?
>>
>> I've been relying solely on binary pkg for a while now without problem.
>> However, on doing the latest upgrade I get:
>>
>> root at thinkpad:/home/peter # pkg upgrade
>> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
>> FreeBSD repository is up-to-date.
>> All repositories are up-to-date.
>> Checking for upgrades (377 candidates): 100%
>> Checking integrity... done (1 conflicting)
>> pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver:
>> cannot install package libxfce4util~x11/libxfce4util, remove it from
>> request? [Y/n]: n
>> pkg: cannot solve job using SAT solver
>>
>> If I answer 'y' I get a much longer sequence of similar errors and the
>> upgrade still bombs.
>
> is this related to the upgrade of gettext?  As per /usr/ports/UPDATING:
>
> "20141130:
>   AFFECTS: users of devel/gettext (close to everyone)
>   AUTHOR: tijl at FreeBSD.org
>
>   The devel/gettext port has been split up in devel/gettext-runtime, a
>   lightweight package containing runtime libraries, and devel/gettext-tools,
>   a package containing developer tools.  The devel/gettext port still exists
>   as a metaport.
>
>   You must first delete the existing installation of gettext and then
>   reinstall it.  This will break sudo, so you *must* do this in a root
>   shell (sudo -i) if you use sudo.
> "
>
> I did an upgrade last week and this package pretty much broke
> everything (including most of xfce4) causing me to do a pretty big
> uninstall/reinstall dance.  Of course if I read /usr/ports/UPDATING
> first I would have saved myself some drama :)
>
> Cheers,
> -pete
>
> --
> pete wright
> www.nycbug.org
> @nomadlogicLA

Thanks - sounds about right but...

root at thinkpad:/home/peter # pkg delete -f gettext
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Deinstallation has been requested for the following 1 packages (of 0
packages in the universe):

Installed packages to be REMOVED:
gettext-0.19.3

Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]: y
[1/1] Deleting gettext-0.19.3: 100%
root at thinkpad:/home/peter # pkg upgrade
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up-to-date.
All repositories are up-to-date.
Checking for upgrades (377 candidates): 100%
Checking integrity... done (1 conflicting)
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver:
cannot install package libxfce4util~x11/libxfce4util, remove it from
request? [Y/n]:


Still no dice. Any ideas?

Cheers,



Peter Harrison.