From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 2 12: 1:32 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1875C37B401 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:01:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-21.mail.nl.demon.net (post-21.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A43D43F85 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:01:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-21.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18pZeJ-000Hyh-00 for FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2003 20:01:27 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 08923C7D7 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 21:01:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id F1008E79 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 21:01:14 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 93057225B2; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 21:01:15 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 21:01:15 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Portupgrade -- revisited Message-ID: <20030302200115.GA334@willow.raggedclown.intra> References: <20030302192233.GA326@willow.raggedclown.intra> <15970.24641.603055.302342@guru.mired.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <15970.24641.603055.302342@guru.mired.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 01:49:21PM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <20030302192233.GA326@willow.raggedclown.intra>, Cliff Sarginson 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