Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 19:25:48 -0500 From: Dan Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> To: Andrew J Caines <A.J.Caines@halplant.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NEdit and OpenMotif 2.2 - crashes? Message-ID: <3FD6680C.1050104@vigrid.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10312090053140.19743-100000@pcnet5.pcnet.com> <20031209061635.GA55832@hal9000.halplant.com> <3FD65864.9060505@vigrid.com>
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Dan Eischen wrote: > I have had 5.3 crash a few times -- usually when having multiple > files open and trying to close one of them. I do not use text > highlighting or some of the more possibly complicated features > of nedit, so my experience may not be the norm. > > But, version 5.4 is about to be announced and the nedit developers > have added code that explicitly checks for openmotif 2.2.1 and > abort the build if it is found. They are very adamant that > you should not use openmotif 2.2. nedit-5.4 may well tickle > more bugs with openmotif. I've posted this in the last message, > but it bears reiterating: > > http://www.motifdeveloper.com/tips/tip22.html > > It does not seem suitable for a stable release. I'd have no > problem with having an openmotif-devel that was used this > version, but I think the openmotif port should go back to > the last stable release. It also appears that openmotif-2.2 has dissappeared from all the MASTER_SITES listed in the port. Only 2.1.30 is present. If there's no objection within a few days, I am willing to put on my asbestos suit and roll it back to 2.1.30...
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