From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 5 02:23:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 423C7106564A for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 02:23:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from bulwark.hamla.org (bulwark.hamla.org [69.55.228.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C22D8FC21 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 02:23:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from localhost (bulwark [69.55.228.210]) by bulwark.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC5371CD37; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:23:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV at bulwark.hamla.org Received: from bulwark.hamla.org ([69.55.228.210]) by localhost (bulwark.hamla.org [69.55.228.210]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id aHRKAdtl2aoq; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:23:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 22:23:30 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon To: Steven Hartland Message-ID: <20080605022330.GB54644@shepherd> Mail-Followup-To: Steven Hartland , Henrik Brix Andersen , Jyun-Yi Liou <7yuny1@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <20080604190416.GA54722@tirith.brixandersen.dk> <162F959CBAE34D1A9664A9653EFF7C24@multiplay.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <162F959CBAE34D1A9664A9653EFF7C24@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: Jyun-Yi Liou <7yuny1@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Henrik Brix Andersen Subject: Re: devel/gio-fam-backend build faild X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:23:39 -0000 Steven Hartland wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henrik Brix Andersen" > > On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 04:20:40PM +0100, Steven Hartland wrote: >>> Correct, tbh it really should detect the updated requirement >>> better than it does. >> >> Meaning what? > > Meaning if it depends on a specific version of another package > it should ensure that version is built and installed. This is > one of the key benefits features of ports tree IMO. > > The current error is hard to track down, where as if there was > a failure installing version XYZ of a package e.g. due to a > conflict, it would be much more obvious to the EU as to what > the actual issue was. The error output shows the compilation failure occurs while working with glib files. If the user is not running the latest glib, then that is quite a good clue. And because this particular issue has become a FAQ here on the mailing list, the OP could've found the answer by searching the archives. > Ideally a "make clean" followed by a "make" should never fail > with such none descript error when its a dependency issue. The error != nondescript. > PS: Nothing wrong with top posting as long as maintains the > thread context, its often much easier to follow IMO. Also has > the benefit that: people who have been following the thread > and already know the context, don't have to look through old > information to find the new :) See: http://www.idallen.com/topposting.html -- Sahil Tandon