Upgrade fails

[mahescho]

Hi,

I'm trying to update a FreeBSD 10 system by portmaster -a and I get:

===>  Installing for libevent2-2.0.21_2
===>  Checking if devel/libevent2 already installed
===>   Registering installation for libevent2-2.0.21_2 as automatic
pkg-static: libevent2-2.0.21_2 conflicts with libevent-1.4.14b_3 (installs files into the same place).  Problematic file: /usr/local/bin/event_rpcgen.py
*** Error code 70

Stop.
make[1]: stopped in /usr/ports/devel/libevent2
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/ports/devel/libevent2

How to fix this?

TIA
Matthias

 

[wblock@]

Always, yes always check the new entries in /usr/ports/UPDATING before updating. Full instructions are shown here: Upgrading FreeBSD Ports.

In this case, see entry 20140723:

20140723:
  AFFECTS: users of devel/libevent

  libevent1 has been replaced by libevent2 via the compatibility layer.
  All applications that used libevent1 must be rebuilt.

  Please remove libevent1 before upgrading, by running:

        pkg delete -f libevent

 

[mahescho]

Nice howto, thanks.

 

[SirDice]

I've read it - but: Isn't the "auto update" script a contradiction to "always read UPDATING before" ?

Most of the time the system will "do the right thing" but sometimes you really have to do things in a specific order. The latest pkg is a lot smarter nowadays but you should still read UPDATING beforehand.