--- On Fri, 11/9/12, Bryan Drewery <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Bryan Drewery <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: pkgng woes > To: "Jeffrey Bouquet" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Friday, November 9, 2012, 10:51 AM > On 11/9/2012 12:42 PM, Jeffrey > Bouquet wrote: > > > > > > --- 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 My problem was due to using an outdated portmaster 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. > > ZFS* > > It uses base /bin/sh, not zsh. > > > > > J. Bouquet > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] > mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > Sorry for the typo. ( I did not actually mean to zsh-ize the Zfs... the shell does autocompletion in that regard so I am not used to differentiate on the typed line, and typed too hastily.) J. Bouquet. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
