Re: Correct way to update bmake and bootstrap-mk-files?

[Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost>]

On 29 Mar 2008, at 23:49, walt wrote:
> Whenever the bmake and bootstrap-mk-files packages need updating, the
> automated process fails because both of those packages are needed to
> do the update ==> chicken-and-egg problem.


I deal with that problem like this:

sudo zsh
mkdir /safetmp
cp -Rp /usr/pkg/bin/make /usr/pkg/share/mk /safetmp
pkg_delete -ff bootstrap-mk-files
pkg_delete -ff bmake
cd /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/bootstrap-mk-files
/safetmp/bmake -m /safetmp install
rm -rf /safetmp

Please beware that the above can go horribly wrong.  If it does all  
life as
you know it will stop instantaneously and every molecule in your body  
will
explode at the speed of light(*).

        Kind regards

(*) Total protonic reversal.

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Matthias Scheler                           http://zhadum.org.uk/