Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 16:30:14 -0500 From: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dchapman@houabg.com> To: "Brett Taylor" <brett@peloton.runet.edu> Cc: <ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Numerous broken ports Message-ID: <007301bfb2eb$461679c0$931576d8@inethouston.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004301709260.68008-100000@peloton.runet.edu>
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I actually think 4 is one of the best releases and most stable release we've had as an x.0 release. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Taylor" <brett@peloton.runet.edu> To: <kudzu@tenebras.com> Cc: <ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 4:15 PM Subject: Re: Numerous broken ports > Hi, > > On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Michael Sierchio wrote: > > > Brett Taylor wrote: > > > > > Try re-cvsup'ing your ports tree. > > > Done early and often. This of avail only if the port maintainer has > > done anything useful, like checking the port against a new -RELEASE or > > -STABLE distribution. > > First Satoshi builds ALL of the ports on a weekly (I believe) basis for > 3.4, 4.0, and 5.0 (3.4 testing is probably dead or on its way out > relatively soon). If it doesn't build there, it's flagged as broken. > > How are you cvsup'ing ports (ie, what's your supfile look like)? > What are you using for a ports-all tag? I run everything from 3.4 ports to > 4.0 ports on a single 3.4 machine and never have trouble with a weekly > CVSup. > > > I've not noticed as many broken ports as there are now. > > I have no idea what this means - what are your comparison dates? Frankly > I've been using ports since 2.1.7 and the ONLY time I've had trouble w/ > ports is when it was operator error. > > > And the quality, as of 4.0-RELEASE / -STABLE is decidedly poor. > > Funny I haven't noticed this or seen many complaints in -questions or > other mailing lists either. > > Brett > ***************************************************** > Dr. Brett Taylor brett@peloton.runet.edu * > Dept of Chem and Physics * > Curie 39A (540) 831-6147 * > Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics * > Walker 234 (540) 831-5410 * > ***************************************************** > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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