Re: [Sheflug] BSD Question

[Jonathan <jonathan [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Netsonic wrote:
> 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 ?
The easiest way to make updates, I find, is to use the portupgrade 
package/port - which can be found in /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade.

Then, to upgrade kde_base, for instance, you could run:

portupgrade kde_base

There are various other options which may be of use:

-f : force
-r : recursive build of depencies
-R : recursive build of dependants
-a : update all (So portupgrade -af would upgrade everything)

Any ports which you have a custom build for, you can enter the details 
in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf - this is fairly well documented in the 
sample that's provided. You can specify aliases (so any dependency for 
apache13 can we shown apache13_modssl) or if there are things you build 
from source (I do for qmail to use ASMTP) you can mark it to ignore if 
certain packages/ports are "missing".

If you want to use packages, rather than ports, "portupgrade -P" would 
look for packages in preference to ports and "portupgrade -PP" would 
only upgrade those items for which a package was available.

There are sometimes some strange dependencies - I recently found KDE was 
insisting on OpenLDAP 2.1 and would try and install and complain about 
OpenLDAP 2.2 that I was already running.

I think I may have also seen the problem you mention - I was getting 
warnings suggesting that kde_base and kde_libs conflicted - which is a 
little daft, as kde_base is supposed to be a metaport to install the 
other bits and bobs. I was in a rush, so just uninstalled KDE and 
started from scratch. (A shame there wasn't a package for 3.2.0 or it 
would have been a lot quicker!)

Finally, to check the consistency of your ports and packages, run:

"pkgdb -F" - this will show you any redundant dependencies and clashing 
versions - I originally had 3 versions of gettext installed!

"pkg_version -L =" will compare installed versions against your ports 
tree and tell you what can be upgraded.

HTH,

Jonathan

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