From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 20 20:56:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 364DD16A4CE for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 20:56:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp19.wxs.nl (smtp19.wxs.nl [195.121.6.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9E9E43D1D for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 20:56:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp19.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.25 (built Mar 3 2004)) with ESMTP id <0HZM0018IKTJJE@smtp19.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:56:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: from alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5KKuRCT001693; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:56:27 +0200 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by alex.lan (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i5KKuRdU001692; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:56:27 +0200 Content-return: prohibited Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:56:27 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <40D28248.3060704@users.sourceforge.net> To: Rob Message-id: <20040620205627.GB907@alex.lan> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: <40D28248.3060704@users.sourceforge.net> X-Authentication-warning: alex.lan: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5-Current: problems with many ports? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 20:56:29 -0000 On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 02:48:56PM +0900, Rob wrote: > > Hi, > > After I purchased a brandnew harddisk, I decided to also try out 5-current > as the new OS on this disk. > > Installing system went all fine and smooth (5.2.1 install, then cvsupped to > current), and compiled/installed new world and kernel. > > However, since I am now installing many apps from the ports, I encounter > problem after problem, ports installs ending with errors; such as > configure runs that fail (e.g. libexif), ld complaining about libXpm.so.4 > related things (teTeX/LyX). > > So far I failed to install gimp and teTeX, which would make that PC rather > useless to me. Time to step back to 4.X? > > Are the ports not ready with 5-Current kernel? > Or am I doing something wrong? Dear Rob, The ports collection you fetched is being worked on all the time. This can mean that some doesn't work from time to time. By the way: running 5 current is very new and thus very risky, are you sure you woudn't rather follow RELENG_5_2? You may find at sometime that cvsup and a build world that you system is broken. This can happen in 5-current but is less liky in releng 5.2. -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/FreeBSD/