From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 25 10:24:50 2003 Return-Path: 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 8332737B401 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:24:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1218743FA3 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:24:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from questions@joshualokken.com) Received: from Joshua (130-94-160-46-dsl.hevanet.com[130.94.160.46](untrusted sender)) by attbi.com (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <2003072517244701400sb73ee>; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:24:47 +0000 From: "Joshua Lokken" To: "Leonardo Lazarte" , "freebsd-questions" Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:24:49 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20030725135522.G29917-100000@mx1.mat.unb.br> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Subject: RE: Announce Broken Ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:24:50 -0000 > -----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