Re: [Sheflug] BSD Question

["Netsonic" <netsonic [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan" <jonathan [at] sirtis.org.uk>
To: <shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Sheflug] BSD Question


> Netsonic wrote:
> >>On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 11:36, Netsonic wrote:
> >>
> >>>Is there anybody here who is a guru with BSD and is it OK to post
> >>> questions about it here ?
> >>
> >>Depends on what BSD you're talking about.
> >>
> >
> > Its FreeBSD, builds 5.2 and 5.2.1.
>
> I'm running 5.2.1. What's the question?
>
> - J

Well it actually relates to both versions.

After the initial install and configuration, I then started to look at the
updating, using pkg_add, specifically for Kde.

I changed the PACKAGESITE to point to rabarber and then did a 'pkg_add -rn
kde-3.2.0' to see what would happen.

For everything it checked, there was an older version installed (usually
only by one or two revisions older), and a list of dependencies that had to
be met.

I then started to try and update them one at a time using pkg_add -f but it
still bombed out each time. It *feels* like theres almost a circular
reference going on here in respect of the update requirements.

Is there any quick and easy way to get it to update, including all
dependencies and version updates, using pkg_add ?

(I also tried a 'minimal' install and then using pkg_add from there but the
same problems occurred).

Steve.

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