From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Sep 23 18:46:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (mta06-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D07037B42C; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 18:46:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from parish ([62.253.91.143]) by mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000924014624.HHRE19246.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@parish>; Sun, 24 Sep 2000 02:46:24 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e8O1kRF73891; Sun, 24 Sep 2000 02:46:27 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 02:46:26 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Ade Lovett Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Build of latest pan fails Message-ID: <20000924024626.B253@parish> References: <20000924010847.A253@parish> <20000923195729.E322@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20000923195729.E322@FreeBSD.org>; from ade@FreeBSD.org on Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 07:57:29PM -0500 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 07:57:29PM -0500, Ade Lovett wrote: > On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 01:08:47AM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > > Building of the latest version of news/pan fails: > > > > [snip] > > # pkg_version -v | grep glib > > glib-1.3.1 ? multiple versions (index has 1.2.8,1.3.1) > > Don't do that. glib/gtk 1.3.x is development code, not suitable > for prime time, and will trash your hifi, steal your car, empty > your bank account, and do other bad things. The fact that the code > was looking for something called glib12-config (note the "2") should > have been something of a tiny clue as to what the problem was. > The second tiny clue would have been found in the devel/glib13 > Makefile: > > >>>>> > NO_LATEST_LINK= "Unstable, development version." > >>>>> > > Now, rip glib-1.3.1 (and gtk-1.3.x if installed) out of your system, > install glib/gtk 1.2.8 (*stable* versions), and everything will be > just fine, and I'll feel a lot better. (You'll notice that bento, > which uses 1.2.8, seems to have no problem building this package, > always a good first step to check before having a problem with something). > Thanks for the quick reply. I already checked the ports tree and found 1.2.8 so installed that instead, then it barfed on gtk (again v1.2.7 installed). I installed gtk-1.2.8 and, hey presto, pan built, but why does the dependency checking not pick up the fact that these 2 libs are out of date? > Thank you. > > -aDe > > -- > Ade Lovett, Austin, TX. ade@FreeBSD.org > FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.FreeBSD.org/ -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message