From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 11 6:52:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52BEE37B422 for ; Fri, 11 May 2001 06:52:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rasputin@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 14yDLU-0003sf-00; Fri, 11 May 2001 14:52:40 +0100 Received: (from rasputin@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f4BDqeB30218; Fri, 11 May 2001 14:52:40 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rasputin) Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 14:52:40 +0100 From: Rasputin To: "Richard E. Hawkins" Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bug reporting for link to obsolete library? Message-ID: <20010511145239.A30148@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Reply-To: Rasputin References: <200105111325.f4BDPWm12406@fac13.ds.psu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200105111325.f4BDPWm12406@fac13.ds.psu.edu>; from dochawk@psu.edu on Fri, May 11, 2001 at 09:25:32AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Richard E. Hawkins [010511 14:27]: > > I'm assuming that this is a bug . . . > > The xforms package tries to link to a file that is no longer part of > STABLE: > > fac13ttyp3:/root#objdump -x /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88 | grep lib > /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88: file format elf32-i386 > /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88 > NEEDED libc.so.3 > SONAME libforms.so.0.88 > 0004b2c0 g F .text 000000a8 fl_library_version I'd guess the package was recompiled ages ago, and that's why it's got dpendencies on an old library. Try compiling the port instead and I expect that'll work. Did you get this from the ftp site, or an old CD? I don't think port maintainers are responsible for packages rolled from their ports, not sure who is? -- Life is like a simile. Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message