Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:47:29 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6 is coming too fast Message-ID: <20050428104729.rpldz1rkeo8c8cs8@netchild.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20050427165701.38699.qmail@web51605.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050427165701.38699.qmail@web51605.mail.yahoo.com>
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pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> --- Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> wrote:
>> pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>> > - Bad press towards the 5.x series.
>>
>> If it doesn't mentions 5.3 explicitely, it doesn't apply.
>>
> It was an article that appeared on osnews.com, it mention 5.3 explicitly
> evreything I read there turned to be false.
That's sad.
>> > - phk's axe broke one of my favorite ports and I didn't want to spend
>> > another 6 months "fixing" it.
>>
>> You failed to tell which port you are talking about.
>>
> Well.. I emailed phk about it and was ignored, the problem was PR'd, and even
> when I have an ugly workaround for it, the specific port (x11-toolkits/xview)
> was further broken by make changes. I fixed that port before (not much fun),
> and while I can accept that things may break, I find the "what I broke is not
> my problem" attitude unacceptable.
I agree.
>> > - I wanted to use XFree86-4 and building it on my own and figuring out the
>> > library mess later is not an option.
>>
>> We still have the XFree86-4 port, and AFAIK it still works (everything else
>> is a bug). You just have to set a variable in make.conf to make it the
>> default.
>>
> Well.. while updating from 5.2.1 to 5.3 I esentially had to remove
> all packages
> and install XFree86-4 (which is not in the ISO). I decided it was easier to
> move to 4.11.
From 5.2.1 to 4.11 you had to deinstall all packages too. And XF86-4 should
ba available as a package, so no time needed to compile it. And the package
is smaller than the source too... I think.
>> > - Although outdated, the downloadable java support package was available
>> > for 4.x only.
>>
>> It should work on 5.3-release too. At least there was an effort to get it
>> working, and AFAIK they succeeded.
>>
> hmm the diablo-jdk13 port says:
>
> .if ${OSVERSION} >= 502112
> ECHO_MSG= ${ECHO_CMD}
> IGNORE= does not run on FreeBSD >= 5.x
> .endif
Strange... I thought the libm issue was resolved.
The linux JDKs work just fine BTW...
Bye,
Alexander.
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