Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:55:51 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: glarkin@FreeBSD.org Cc: FreeBSD Ports List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Forgot the -D syntax Message-ID: <2C970EE526116A308C16D65F@utd71538.campus.ad.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <50A3E651.9000604@FreeBSD.org> References: <F50FF2643C9D7303DD35E063@utd71538.campus.ad.utdallas.edu> <50A3E651.9000604@FreeBSD.org>
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--On November 14, 2012 1:43:29 PM -0500 Greg Larkin <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 11/14/12 1:10 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: >> I'm having a problem installing x11-fonts/fontsproto. I'm getting >> this error: Fix document syntax or use --skip-validation option >> >> For the life of me I can't remember what the syntax is to >> incorporate this into the make. I've tried >> -DWITH---skip-validation and several other combinations without >> success. >> >> Can somebody please refresh my memory??? >> > > Hi Paul, > > Without having looking at the port at all, it sounds like that's an > option that needs to be passed to the configure phase. If so, you add > this to the port Makefile: > > CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --skip-validation > > Alternately, you could add something similar to /etc/make.conf, > wrapped with a check for the proper port directory. > > Then the question is whether this is a bug in the port as it stands or > a problem in your local environment that requires this option to be > enabled. > Thanks, Greg. I solved it by editing xmlint to remove --nonet. Once the port installed, I restored the original file. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell
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