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Date:      Thu, 17 Jun 1999 12:06:10 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it>
To:        Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org>
Cc:        bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X11 dependency in ports collection following X11 install with sysinstall
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.95q.990617112948.22251m-100000@elect8>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990616215318.465A-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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Isn't the hints file rebuilt at boot in /etc/rc? Or does it just keep
adding hints to the file? 

Nick

On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Robert Watson wrote:

 > 
 > 3.2-RELEASE
 > 
 > Instructions to reproduce:
 > 
 > 1) install FreeBSD 3.2 sans X11
 > 2) reboot, now install X11 distribution using /stand/sysinstall
 > 3) Now attempt to build something depending on X11 (say, tk81)
 > 
 > The dependency check on X11 will fail because sysinstall did not run
 > ldconfig to pick up library changes.  The result is that the port will
 > attempt to compile and install X11.  Most packages automatically rerun
 > ldconfig when they install; perhaps distributions should do the same?
 > 
 > Thanks,
 > 
 > 
 >   Robert N M Watson 
 > 
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