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Date:      Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:28:54 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>
To:        Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Trouble installing xpdf port in 3.4-stable
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002290925380.31568-100000@pawn.primelocation.net>
In-Reply-To: <200002291419.JAA24813@world.std.com>

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On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:

> Hi all...
> 
> This may be more of a -ports issue, but I'm not "there" right now...
> 
> I'm running 3.4-stable as of 2000/02/28, originally installed
> from CDs as 3.4-release.  I also keep the /etc things merged-in...
> 
> How can I get xpdf?
> 
> Even though it shows up in the ports tree, the description says
> it is in both "graphics" & "print" but it is only listed in
> "graphics."
> 
> Xpdf is not on *any* of the CDs.  I could've sworn it was on
> previous CDs; how did it get left out?  I'd think xpdf would be
> a "biggie..."
> 

Looking at ports/graphics/xpdf/Makefile, you will find:

.if !defined(PACKAGE_BUILDING)
RESTRICTED=     "Contains cryptography"
.endif

which means that an xpdf package will not be built since it contains
cryptographic code (presumably to decrypt encrypted .pdf's).

> Ok, so the make in /usr/ports/graphics/xpdf goes & tries to ftp things...
> and...
> Configure stops on checking for external symbols requiring
> underscore prefix; no error message...  it just stops...  I had
> do control-c to get out...  And I still have no xpdf...
> 
> No readmes...  no howtos...  no errata...
> 
> So...  What's up here?  Btw, xpdf is not the only one that
> (mis)behaves like this; there have been a couple of others, but
> I can't remember them right now...
> 

It's difficult to debug without any real error messages.  Feel free to
send errors/logs/etc to the MAINTAINER (found in the port's Makefile)
and/or ports@FreeBSD.org

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Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org
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