Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 13:42:31 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1047066152.3863c2@mired.org> To: Cliff Sarginson <cls@willow.raggedclown.intra> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: a simple question about ports Message-ID: <15970.24231.528901.125737@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20030302184719.GC47148@willow.raggedclown.intra> References: <20030302181055.GA47148@willow.raggedclown.intra> <15970.20433.657226.491238@guru.mired.org> <20030302184719.GC47148@willow.raggedclown.intra>
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In <20030302184719.GC47148@willow.raggedclown.intra>, Cliff Sarginson <cls@willow.raggedclown.intra> typed: > On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 12:39:13PM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > > In <20030302181055.GA47148@willow.raggedclown.intra>, Cliff Sarginson <cls@willow.raggedclown.intra> typed: > > > Why are ports sometimes released, when they are uncompileable ? > > Lots of different reasons, the most likely one being that they > > compiled fine on the committers box. > And aye there's the rub. I've found that most maintainers are willing to try and fix ports that don't compile in your environment. You can't expect a bug to be fixed unless you report it to someone who can fix it. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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