From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 5 8: 1:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chmls18.ne.ipsvc.net (chmls18.ne.ipsvc.net [24.147.1.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15E4837B420 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 08:01:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.mediaone.net [24.147.188.158]) by chmls18.ne.ipsvc.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g15G1cG05441 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 11:01:38 -0500 (EST) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.11.6/8.11.4) id g15G1c801308; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 11:01:38 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from lowell@world.std.com) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to lowell@world.std.com using -f To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My first FreeBSD question (ports and versions) References: <001501c1ae5d$f10235d0$6d01a8c0@CITYMOUSE> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 05 Feb 2002 11:01:37 -0500 In-Reply-To: <001501c1ae5d$f10235d0$6d01a8c0@CITYMOUSE> Message-ID: <44wuxrncim.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> Lines: 29 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "GB" writes: > When trying to make either PHP4 or mod_PHP, I run into trouble with > pdflib. The version in the ports tree is older than what I've been able > to find for download, so the make of pdflib dies and the only way to > move forward is to make PHP without the pdflib support. > > The core questions: > > * How do I solve this single discrepancy? (Just download the most > current pdflib and install manually?) That's an option, but then you're on your own with any problems that come up. > * Is there a way to update the ports tree that will include > latest-and-greatest versions? I've read up on cvsup (including Sue's > excellent explanation on this list) and feel like I may be missing > something -- is a variant of portsupgrade the answer? Portupgrade helps with upgrading your *installed* ports, but you still want to cvsup first. > Perhaps there's a problem with later versions of pdflib, since I > downloaded the 4.5 release ISO and it was still pointing to 3.x, rather > than the current 4.02. pdflib 4.0.2 has been added to the ports tree within the last few days. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message