Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:24:49 -0700 From: "Joshua Lokken" <questions@joshualokken.com> To: "Leonardo Lazarte" <llazarte@mat.unb.br>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Announce Broken Ports Message-ID: <OAEGJMOGEKPEGCNHFDFFOEJECGAA.questions@joshualokken.com> In-Reply-To: <20030725135522.G29917-100000@mx1.mat.unb.br>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Leonardo > Lazarte > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 10:00 AM > To: freebsd-questions > Subject: Announce Broken Ports > > > > As seen in several messages to this and other lists, the PORTS > mecanism has been broken. I'm not sure what you mean. I am running 4-stable, and ports are building just fine. What's broken? > I have read about some patches and possible solutions, but I > could not find an easy way to overcome the problem. > > Shouldn't it be announced clearly, on the FreeBSD site, that > there is a problem with PORTS, perhaps pointing to some > temporary solution, until the problem is solved? I don't read every freebsd- list, but I haven't seen any mention of this, or witnessed any evidence of a problem. If you are having trouble with the ports collection, you could try removing and cvsupping a fresh tree. > I have used FreeBSD for a decade, and it is the first time > that I have to change the OS version due to problems broght > from the distributions. What version were/are you using? Why would you change the OS version because of a ports problem? I'm not clear, here. > Thanks to anyone which could look into this, Again, I can only speak from my own experience, and on my machines, running 4.7 - 4-stable, ports build just fine. The problem may lie elsewhere. Joshua
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