--- On Fri, 11/9/12, Anton Shterenlikht <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Anton Shterenlikht <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: pkgng woes > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Friday, November 9, 2012, 5:22 AM > @anton > portmaster --check-depends does not work > for me. Shows everything as fine > but when I specifically target a port: *# > portmaster -i graphics/gimp* for > example, I get a long list of ports to be > installed - meaning not all of the > existing ports have been registered > correctly, hence --check depends will > not work. Once I re-install all of the > "missing depends" and run the same > command (*# portmaster -i graphics/gimp*) > then there are no problems nor > list of missing depends. > > Well... if it's any consolation, my convertion > to pkgng wasn't easy either. In fact, I'n not > sure I'm all there yet. > > My problem was due to using an outdated portmaster pkgng > patch. > Note: this is no longer an issue. > Anyway, I ended up with a corrupted pkg database. > I had to update many ports manually. > Now that the pkg database is fully under pngng > control (I'm just a user and don't follow > the technical details, hence my using of non-technical > language) I think portmaster can work with it. > For example portmaster --check-port-dbdir seems > to give correct results. > > Anyway, I think the idea is to remove a lot > of functionality from portmaster and give > it to pkgng. For example checking for missing > dependencies, or shared libs. However, I'm used > to working with ports only, never with packages. > I still don't understand if pkgng is the tool > for me or not. People keep talking of poudriere, > but again I'm not sure if some of the portmaster > functionality is supposed to be taken over > by pourdriere or not. > > Anton > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > FWIW, The wiki (FreeBSDPackageBuildingComparison) says poudriere requires ZSH. I'd like to write more on this topic but am out of time. J. Bouquet _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
