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Date:      Wed, 23 Jul 1997 15:40:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Frank Seltzer <frankd@yoda.fdt.net>
To:        freebsd-ports
Subject:   Re: ports/3927: xview library fails on -current and on 2.2.x
Message-ID:  <199707232240.PAA20125@hub.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR ports/3927; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Frank Seltzer <frankd@yoda.fdt.net>
To: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De>
Cc: asami@cs.berkeley.edu, freebsd-gnats-submit@hub.freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ports/3927: xview library fails on -current and on 2.2.x
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 18:34:35 -0400 (EDT)

 On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Wolfgang Helbig wrote:
 
 > Hi Frank,
 > 
 > The xview-lib packages of all releases are symlinked to the
 > same file. At least on ftp.freebsd.org--I assume the same goes for
 > the mirrors. So I don't think it's worthwhile to test  different
 > releases.
 > 
 > But I do think, the following test will give us some more hints:
 > 
 > o Delete all packages that use the xview library and then delete
 >   the packages xview-config-3.2.1 and xview-lib-3.2.1
 > 
 > o Edit the file /usr/include/sys/types.h:
 >   Change 
 >   #define	FD_SETSIZE 256
 >   to
 >   #define	FD_SETSIZE 1024
 > 
 > o rebuild the xview-lib from the ports: cd to /usr/ports/x11/xview-lib
 >   and run ``make clean all install''
 > 
 > o add an xview application, like workman, run it and see what happens.
 > 
 > Thanks for your time!
 > 
 > Wolfgang
 
 It worked! I rebuilt xview-lib and -config from source, built workman and
 ftptool from source and everything works just fine. Thanks for all the
 help!
 
 Frank
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