From 642be1b81d8342d3a3323f43bcf5a0bd87a5d363 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido Falsi Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 18:06:07 +0000 Subject: - Make ports use the libc provided iconv implementation on 10-CURRENT after r254273 - Fix a bunch of ports to properly work after this - Mark converters/libiconv as IGNORE for systems with iconv in libc Reviewed by: bapt Approved by: portmgr (bapt) Discussed with: bapt, bsam (who both contributed ideas and code) --- UPDATING | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) (limited to 'UPDATING') diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index 78caeeded9ed..5d48f67ac012 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -5,6 +5,35 @@ they are unavoidable. You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20130904: + AFFECTS: 10-CURRENT users with any port depending on converters/iconv + AUTHOR: madpilot@FreeBSD.org + + 10-CURRENT after r254273 (committed on August 13, 2013) has an + implementation of iconv enabled by default in libc. + + Due to this change some major overhauling of the ports tree has + been necessary to move the ports to using that implementation. + + People using pkgng should have little problems, "pkg upgrade" + will update all sofware to not depend on libivconv anymore, once + updated packages are available. Please make sure to perform a + "pkg autoremove" after that and check that libiconv is correctly + removed by it. + + If you are using ports the update requires some manual intervention. + The following procedure should be followed: + + # pkg query %ro libiconv >ports_to_update + # pkg delete -f libiconv + # cat ports_to_update | xargs portmaster + + or: + + # pkg query %ro libiconv >ports_to_update + # pkg delete -f libiconv + # cat ports_to_update | xargs portupgrade -f + 20130831: AFFECTS: users of graphics/gdal AUTHOR: sunpoet@FreeBSD.org -- cgit v1.2.3