[psyche101]

Hey All

Seems that I have lost libexpat.so.4. Bloody gettext, that rotten port is the bane of my existance. Everytime I try to attempt to upgrade my ports or repair the package database, I end up installing the new version of gettext and kill my machine. Rahhh, can't run a simple xterm under the gui. Gkrellm wont build (pango is also not working since the new gettext). It exists in /usr/local/lib, however, it is needed in /usr/libexec. I have tried symlinks and copying the file, but none of the above works. I ran portupgrade -a -O which repaired more problems than I realised I had, and gave portupgrade -rf expat -m BATCH=yes, but libexpat.so.4 is still causing problems. I am using 4.9-STABLE on a P2 PC. The problem started when I lost libintl.so.5, which I retrieved by reinstalling gmake. Think I might be reinstalling again. Any ideas ?

TIA

PS Just read the xterm borked post, sorry if I have cross posted, I dont have libextpat.so.5, so I can't try this option

[socomm]

Hey All
portupgrade -rf expat -m BATCH=yes

portupgrade -rf gettext -m BATCH=yes

http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=13526

Geez think they would have fixed this shit, it's over two years old.

[molotov]

soup told me to use
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portupgrade -aRr
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when updating all ports, try that?
symlinking expat (new to old) also worked for me

[psyche101]

Thanks All
I did go to http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=13526 and followed the instuxtions i.e.
portupgrade -rf gettext -m BATCH=3Dyes
Whew, 4.5 days to complete on my poor old P2 hehe. Fixed it though, just a mrginally better solution than a reinstall LOL. Didn't get them all, but at least 95% of my old build works again. Back now to find out what the story is with pango. Seems to be broken now, I have a couple of ports that tell me libpangoft2-1.0.so.200 can't be found, and gnome2 wont start anymore. (ran the recommended upgrade script as well). I'll post the answer if I manage to resolve the issues.
Thanks Again
PS, The new look is great. Top job screaming electron.