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From: Karl Denninger  <karl@Mcs.Net>
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Subject: Re: Building ports and packages?
To: kimc@w8hd.org (Kim Culhan)
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 17:40:26 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: karl@Mcs.Net, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.960811234927.567C-100000@moonpie.w8hd.org> from "Kim Culhan" at Aug 11, 96 11:54:11 pm
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> On Sun, 11 Aug 1996, Karl Denninger wrote:
> 
> > > Karl Denninger stands accused of saying:
> 
> > Hmmm...
> 
> > One thing I have figured out -- I didn't have X11 on there, and that blows
> > up anything X related.  Can that be fixed without reinstalling the entire
> > machine? (ie: can I load the X11 release?)
> 
> You could try using  your existing ~/ports/x11/XFree86 to build it on
> the machine, I can verify this works since it built cleanly here 24 hrs
> ago.
> 
> kimc
> 
> --
> kimc@w8hd.org

# cd /usr/ports/x11
# make XFree86

......

rm -f AuDispose.c
ln -s ../../lib/Xau/AuDispose.c AuDispose.c
rm -f AuGetBest.c
ln -s ../../lib/Xau/AuGetBest.c AuGetBest.c
rm -f AuFileName.c
ln -s ../../lib/Xau/AuFileName.c AuFileName.c
rm -f AuRead.c
ln -s ../../lib/Xau/AuRead.c AuRead.c
rm -f Wrap.h
ln -s ../../lib/Xdmcp/Wrap.h Wrap.h
rm -f Wrap.c
ln -s ../../lib/Xdmcp/Wrap.c Wrap.c
make: don't know how to make ../../lib/Xdmcp/Wraphelp.c. Stop
*** Error code 2
 
Stop.

Uh, no.

This is a brand-new "cvs co ports" command on the current CVS tree, updated
last night.

This is exactly the kind of insanity that I'm talking about, and its a
problem.

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