From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 21 16:16: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 947E937B4C5 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 16:16:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 13n7rs-000CP9-00; Sun, 22 Oct 2000 00:16:00 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA63555; Sun, 22 Oct 2000 00:15:59 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 00:15:59 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: Keith Jones Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnucash and odd port behavior Message-ID: <20001022001559.A63486@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20001020114718.A44597@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20001021171435.B98826@got.wedgie.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20001021171435.B98826@got.wedgie.org>; from kjones@got.wedgie.org on Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 05:14:35PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hey Keith, thanks for a meaningful answer. I hate to say this, but most of the time I just expect FreeBSD to work, and when it doesn't, I assume I am doing something wrong. Thanks for the info. I don't need this port that bad. Actually, I think it is far more than I need. On Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 05:14:35PM -0400, Keith Jones wrote: | Gnucash depends on slib, which in turn builds with scheme48. slib | and scheme48 aren't getting along. From what I can get from the slib author, | the scheme48 version currently in the ports is broken. | | I have been posting about this on the ports mailing list too, but no one is | doing anything about it. If I knew what I could do, I would gladly do it. | | I also have a patch that I submitted to ports that would modify slib enough | to get it working with scheme, hence make gnucash work. That is how I am | currently using gnucash. You may want to locate that patch via the GNATS | engine. | | Thanks, | Keith. | | | On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 11:47:18AM +0100, j mckitrick wrote: | > I had some trouble building gnucash last night. I should mention I recently | > deleted my entire ports tree so I could start from scratch, and I used the | > cvsup file to limit them to those that interest me. Maybe this is what | > caused my problem. The port won't build. First, D/Ling the package didn't | > work, tellingg me I was denied access to the file on the freebsd server. | > Then, when I tried a port instead of a package, the compile died. I don't | > have the error, but I can get it later tonight. I thought maybe someone | > would have some ideas first. | > | > jcm | > -- | > "That depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." -President Bill Clinton | > | > "I don't know what you mean by the word 'ask.'" -CEO Bill Gates | > | > | > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message jcm -- "That depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." -President Bill Clinton "I don't know what you mean by the word 'ask.'" -CEO Bill Gates To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message