From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 5 21:27:27 2005 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 4156516A565 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 21:27:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2442743D1F for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 21:27:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin08-en2 [10.13.10.153]) by smtpout.mac.com (8.12.6/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id j05LRQVG023743; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:27:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.1.1.245] (nfw2.codefab.com [199.103.21.225] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0)j05LRP9G023375; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:27:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1104959961.3256.6.camel@localhost> References: <1104959961.3256.6.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <97747020-5F60-11D9-93F7-003065ABFD92@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:27:24 -0500 To: Kiffin Gish X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: broken port 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: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 21:27:27 -0000 On Jan 5, 2005, at 4:19 PM, Kiffin Gish wrote: > Sometimes when I am trying to make something from the ports I get the > message that the port is 'broken'. > > For example, while trying to build the enlightenment window manager. > > What does that mean and what can I do to get around it? The BROKEN line in the port's Makefile ought to specify a reason why the port is broken, but for more information consider: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/dads- noinstall.html If you figure out how to fix the problem with the port, submit your changes via send-pr or discuss the matter with the port's maintainer (or here on this mailing list). -- -Chuck