portmaster -af fails due to dead port - HELP

[William Dudley]

I tried "pkg install autoconf", figuring autoconf was broken.

Now pkg wants to remove approx 50 packages, some quite crucial,
just to install autoconf.  WTF?  Why can't I just install autoconf?

Linux package management is SO much easier.

Thanks,
Bill Dudley


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On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 5:20 PM, William Dudley <wfdudley at gmail.com> wrote:

> That got me a lot further, but now the problem is this:
>
> ===>>> All >> arj-3.10.22_4 (61/61)
>
> ===>>> Currently installed version: arj-3.10.22_4
> ===>>> Port directory: /usr/ports/archivers/arj
>
> ===>>> Launching 'make checksum' for archivers/arj in background
> ===>>> Gathering dependency list for archivers/arj from ports
> ===>>> Forcing update for /usr/ports/devel/autoconf
> ===>>> Launching child to reinstall autoconf~pkg-renamed~FEE5-2.69
>
> ===>>> All >> arj-3.10.22_4 >> autoconf~pkg-renamed~FEE5-2.69 (62/62)
>
> ===>>> No valid installed port, or port directory given
> ===>>> Try portmaster --help
>
>
> ===>>> Update for autoconf~pkg-renamed~FEE5-2.69 failed
> ===>>> Aborting update
>
> ===>>> Update for arj-3.10.22_4 failed
> ===>>> Aborting update
>
> I don't understand if this is a problem with arj or autoconf, but I don't
> want to delete arj, because
> other packages depend on it, and I don't want to delete them.  I tried
> "pkg lock arj" and that didn't
> seem to do anything, in that portmaster -af still wants to upgrade arj.
>
> Now what?  How do I get portmaster -af to ignore arj?  Or how do I fix
> whatever the complaint is
> about arj?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill Dudley
>
>
> This email is free of malware because I run Linux.
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 4:53 PM, William Dudley <wfdudley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> I didn't know pkg worked on ports, I thought it was for packages (i.e.
>>  pre-packaged
>> binaries).  Now I'm on my way.  I think.
>>
>> Bill Dudley
>>
>>
>> This email is free of malware because I run Linux.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Herbert J. Skuhra <herbert at oslo.ath.cx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 02, 2015 at 11:29:27AM -0400, William Dudley wrote:
>>> > I'm using freebsd-update to move from 8.4 RELEASE to 9.3 WHATEVER
>>> >
>>> > I'm trying to upgrade my ports
>>> >
>>> > I run portmaster -af
>>> >
>>> > lots of messages, and then this:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ===>>> The security/chkrootkit port has been deleted: Has expired:
>>> Fails to
>>> > build with new utmpx
>>> > ===>>> Aborting update
>>> >
>>> > and portmaster stops without updating anything.
>>> >
>>> > How do I get past this.
>>> >
>>> > /usr/ports/security/chkrootkit DOES NOT EXIST so I can't do "make
>>> > uninstall" there.
>>>
>>> How about 'pkg delete chkrootkit'?
>>>
>>> --
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