From owner-freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 24 06:11:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C959216A4CE for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 06:11:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from postman.arcor.de (postman2.arcor-online.net [151.189.0.152]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 388DB43D1D for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 06:11:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com) Received: from fillmore.dyndns.org (port-212-202-51-138.reverse.qsc.de [212.202.51.138]) (authenticated bits=0)i1OEBPf5011999 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:11:25 +0100 (MET) Received: from [172.16.0.2] (helo=fillmore-labs.com) by fillmore.dyndns.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1AvdHP-0004Bh-Hy; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:11:23 +0100 Message-ID: <403B5B8C.7040702@fillmore-labs.com> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:11:24 +0100 From: Oliver Eikemeier Organization: Fillmore Labs GmbH - http://www.fillmore-labs.com/ MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthias Andree References: <200402241327.i1ODRigf036524@freefall.freebsd.org> <20040224135906.GG6451@merlin.emma.line.org> In-Reply-To: <20040224135906.GG6451@merlin.emma.line.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: KMail/1.5.9 cc: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/63306: [MAINTAINER] databases/db42: add patch.4.2.52.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Ports bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 14:11:27 -0000 Matthias Andree wrote: > USE_LIBTOOL does not work for this port, as is documented, > Makefile.db mentions: > > # Do not use GNU_CONFIGURE or USE_LIBTOOL, it adds a --prefix option > # we do not want in CONFIGURE_ARGS, and currently (2003-12-09) breaks > # with its non-standard ${CONFIGURE_SCRIPT}. CONFIGURE_SCRIPT is configure, this seems standard to me. The --prefix seems reasonable too, even though it should be overridable. Do you have a patch for this? > The .la file situation isn't at all clear either. The porter's handbook > doesn't mention anything, and a ports@ query a few weeks ago just led to > general shrugging. One person didn't need it, the next one did, so I'll > choose whatever the upstream does to meet applications' expectations. portlint should be considered an authority here. > If you want ports to USE_LIBTOOL, first make sure that GNU_CONFIGURE and > CONFIGURE_SCRIPT can work together. Usually they do. What exactly is the problem there, e.g. what are you trying to do?