Articles tagged with "ports"

1. Gnumeric build fix for FreeBSD

   Problem

   Trying to update gnumeric to version 1.12.50_1, the following errors occurred during installation:

   pkg-static: Unable to access …

2. Cleaning up old port configurations

   On FreeBSD, ports save their configuration parameters under /var/db/ports. When you de-install a port, this configuration remains behind. This is how to clean old configurations up.

3. Opencascade problem

4. Roll back a FreeBSD port with svnlite

   Sometimes I’m too hasty with updating ported applications, and I need to roll them back to a working version. Since I use svnlite to manage my ports tree, this is relatively easy. But since it is different than I’m used to (since I mostly use git), I thought I would document it here for convenience.

5. Building ports with local modifications

   Sometimes I have to build ports with local modifications. This can be for testing purposes, before submitting a PR or for improvements that only I consider important.

6. Using nullfs and unionfs for the ports tree in a jail

   When running a virtual server in a jail, one would like to avoid replication of files as much as practical …