cvsup and portupgrade

[Erik Norgaard]

Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:

> I am relatively new to FreeBSD. I use FreeBSD 6.1 stable release. I have 
> enabled portaudit and as a result now get reports about known 
> vulnarabilities. The problem I have encountered is this. I am trying to 
> update php and python and do it by first refreshing the ports tree by 
> using cvsup and then I cd to the appropriate port and issue portupgarde.
> 
> However, in both cases (php and python) I get an error. example pasted 
> below:
> 
> $ sudo portupgrade
> --->  Upgrading 'python-2.4.3' to 'python-2.4.3_1' (lang/python)
> --->  Building '/usr/ports/lang/python'
> ===>  Cleaning for python-2.4.3_1
> ===>  python-2.4.3_1 has known vulnerabilities:
> => python -- buffer overrun in repr() for unicode strings.
>     Reference: 
> <http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/fe83eb5b-55e1-11db-a5ae-00508d6a62df.html>
> => Please update your ports tree and try again.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/lang/python.
> ** Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/bin/script -qa 
> /tmp/portupgrade.95983.0 env PORT_UPGRADE=yes make
> ** Fix the problem and try again.
> ** Listing the failed packages (*:skipped / !:failed)
>          ! lang/python (python-2.4.3)    (unknown build error)
> --->  Packages processed: 0 done, 0 ignored, 0 skipped and 1 failed
> 
> I would really appreciate if someone told me where I go wrong and what I 
> should do to upgrade both software pieces. I understand that the problem 
> is somewhere around not really getting the python version I should, but 
> what can I do to fix it?

I just csup'ed my ports tree and ran make on python without any problem.

portupgrade is a convenient tool but sometimes it fail for whatever 
reason, no idea in your case.

You can always upgrade manually with:

   # make && make deinstall && make install clean

I always run make before deinstalling, it's quite inconvenient to 
deinstall if you then have problems building the new version.

Cheers, Erik

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