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Cc: Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org,
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Subject: Re: Problem building various ports (dependencies).
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On 02/20/07 13:06, Jeremie Le Hen wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 09:38:28AM -0500, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>> See the email I sent to ports the other week.  Also make sure your
>> ports tree is up-to-date, yours looks like it's not.
> 
> This maybe deserves an entry in src/UPDATING.  Though is may seem
> uncommon to tell people to upgrade their ports tree in this file,
> not all -CURRENT users are reading -ports@.  Something like:
> 
> % objformat(1) has been removed.  Since it used to be run by GNU
> % Autotools, you must upgrade your ports tree to circumvent this
> % issue.
> 
> Regards,


I didn't see a follow-up to this, so I just wanted to say I agree - it 
would save a lot of -CURRENTers a bit of pain.. It doesn't hurt anyway.


Eric