Portmaster hangs on update

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amostock

Hi,

I'm new on FreeBSD and I like the system, trying to do my best with the handbook and others messages on this forum. Excuse my english, it can be poor, I'm French. I have problems with updating my systems (test systems in Virtualbox and real systems on my eeePC) by portmaster.

When I run # portmaster -Da to upgrade my system, portmaster hangs, mostly on
Code: 
Creating a backup package
waiting for my action. I tried # portmaster -DaB to prevent backup, but it's the same way. I have to press the return key, the press continue after that. I can't update 140 ports without being behind the screen.

I think it's due to pkg_delete, when I've pressed return key pkg_delete says:
Code: 
pkg_delete: package "libevent2-2.0.19' is required by these other packages and may not be deinstalled (but I'll delete it anyway):
firefox-16.0.1_1,1
firefox-i18n-16.0.1
It's the same for many ports, pkg_delete sees conflicts with XFCE4, for example.

Is there a way to automate this? To tell to pkg_delete not to confirm or hang on the delete process? Maybe I'm doing it wrong, I don't see anything in the documentation bout that.

Thanks!

Amaury.
 
When it comes to huge ports (like Firefox), creating a backup package, especially on slow hardware, can take a considerable amount of time. As in minutes.
 
And when the system is fairly old it's sometimes simpler just to # pkg_delete -a and start over. Either that or you are going to spend a lot of time following /usr/ports/UPDATING and juggling versions and builds.
 
Thank a lot for answers!

My system on example is an FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE, just installed from binary (pkg_add). Sorry I missed to talk about that.

Firefox 16 with libevent is an example, I have lots of messages from pkg_delete for lots of ports upgraded (for example with thunar and xfce4.10 when updating).

I don't think it can just take an amount of time, I already waited a lot few days ago. For a little package, it could be the same. And on my Virtualbox (2 cores i5 @3Ghz / 2Go RAM), I can see with icons there's no disk or net activity, it's just "waiting" until I press the return key. Really strange...
Maybe I don't use the correct options, but I tried a lot from the man :)
It's possible I misunderstood portmaster or the ports tree system.

Maybe yes, the best solution is to pkg_delete all and restart just with /usr/ports. With a full compiled FreeBSD 9.1 (always on Virtualbox), it seems to be ok. It's my linux's side who wants to use binary from freebsd FreeBSD's FTP :)

Really sorry to be so noob, and thank again for your help, it's great.
 
I come back with new...
I have exactly the same problem on two other FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE systems, 100% made by sources with ports tree, with fresh versions. On Virtualbox, and on my main computer (i5@3Ghz - 8 Go RAM). It's not a binary, old or performance problem.

[CMD=""]pkg_delete[/CMD] seems to freeze [CMD=""]portmaster[/CMD] upgrade, I always have to press the Return key to pass a step. I tried [CMD=""]portmaster -aD[/CMD] and [CMD=""]portmaster -aDB[/CMD], vainly. I have a short message before process switch to next steps:
Code: 
pkg_delete: package 'NAME_OF_PACKAGE' is required by these other packages and may not be deinstalled (but I'll delete it anyway):

I waited a couple of hours for test, process seems to really freeze until "return" key is pressed. If I don't upgrade for five days, I have for example 55 ports to upgrade, I can't leave computer for hours for pressing "return".

I can't find any thread on this problem, I can't understand what I'm doing wrong, am I the lonely guy for who portmaster doesn't work automatically?
 
amostock said:
Code: 
pkg_delete: package 'NAME_OF_PACKAGE' is required by these other packages
and may not be deinstalled (but I'll delete it anyway):
Click to expand...

That is normal and can be ignored.

I can't find any thread on this problem, I can't understand what I'm doing wrong, am I the lonely guy for who portmaster doesn't work automatically ? ^^
Click to expand...

In a word: yes. There is good news. Since it does this for you on multiple machines, it's not a hardware or software failure.

Almost certainly it is something you are doing. Something that is not part of the default, a nonstandard shell, securelevel setting, customizations in /etc/rc.conf or /etc/make.conf.

So start with that: what do you change from the default settings?
 
Well... I think it's solved! Thanks to you, you gave me hope and a direction to search. ;)

My /etc/rc.conf and /etc/make.conf are basics, so I tried to reinstall portmaster without any option. On my systems, I had compiled portmaster with bash and zsh support, and PKN2NG too. Without them, [cmd=]portmaster -aD[/CMD] works like a charm, backup step doesn't take more than 3 seconds and process goes on!

Thanks a lot guys, for answers and time.

Amaury.
 
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