Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 21:01:15 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cls@willow.raggedclown.intra> To: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Portupgrade -- revisited Message-ID: <20030302200115.GA334@willow.raggedclown.intra> In-Reply-To: <15970.24641.603055.302342@guru.mired.org> References: <20030302192233.GA326@willow.raggedclown.intra> <15970.24641.603055.302342@guru.mired.org>
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On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 01:49:21PM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <20030302192233.GA326@willow.raggedclown.intra>, Cliff Sarginson <cls@willow.raggedclown.intra> typed: > > Will the ports maintainers *please* make sure they release compilable > > ports..especially for the big mothers like X/KDE. > > I'm sure they do. However, they can't test in your environment. The X > ports built fine for me. I don't use KDE, so haven't tried to build > that. If you send the maintainer a note with the error messages when > you tried to build the port, they might be able to fix it. A generic > "it didn't build" on -questions almost certainly means that nothing > will happen. > Ok Mike, I really do always respect your advice. I want as much as anyone else that things *work*. I do not mind geting my hand dirty, if it improves things. But I think, after reflecting on it, that the ports system is in a mess. I will see if I can be more positive about improving it. But I am dmned if I am going to learn Ruby :) -- Regards Cliff [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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