From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 11 11:13:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (oe42.pav1.hotmail.com [64.4.30.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0784637B404 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:13:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:13:21 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [209.244.70.33] From: "dc" To: "Kris Kennaway" Subject: Re: incompatability between PowerPack 6/01 TOOLKIT and 9/01 OS disks Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:13:02 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_004D_01C19A90.EF3BB400" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Jan 2002 19:13:21.0928 (UTC) FILETIME=[09163880:01C19AD4] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C19A90.EF3BB400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you for your response! It just seems as though no matter how fast = the moving targets, it still wouldn't be an issue if this were all just = one CD set or at least two sets always snapped at the same time... = After all, since they tend to go into the same PowerPack, it seems like = all the Packages ought to at least have the same date as the Release and = all the Distfiles ought to at least match the Release's ports = collection, however outdated it all at least harmoniously already = becomes by the time the PowerPack even hits the shelves!!! Dennis Ports are upgraded constantly; for fast-moving targets like GNOME there will often be several software releases in a week. As for packages, from time to time the port is unbuildable, due to a mistake in the port or bugs in the software. Kris ----- Original Message -----=20 From: dc=20 To: questions@freebsd.org=20 Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 3:33 PM Subject: incompatability between PowerPack 6/01 TOOLKIT and 9/01 OS = disks Greetings; Wondering if I maybe just missed the point somewhere or whether there = really are packages and distfiles on the June, 2001 TOOLKIT disks that = are incompatible with the September, 2001 OS disks, even though they're = all included in the same FreeBSD PowerPack 4.4... An example is the gedit program that apparently couldn't build as a port = from the TOOLKIT disks because of the already obsolete distfile, but = that also didn't seem to exist as a package on any of the OS disks! Of = course it's on one of the "TOOLKIT Packages" disks, but that would = apparently create conflicting dependencies such as Gnome 1.2 along side = the already installed Gnome 1.4!!! Thank you and have a great day, ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C19A90.EF3BB400 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Thank you for your response!  It just seems as though no matter = how fast=20 the moving targets, it still wouldn't be an issue if this were all just = one CD=20 set or at least two sets always snapped at the same time...  After = all,=20 since they tend to go into the same PowerPack, it seems like all = the=20 Packages ought to at least have the same date as the Release and = all the=20 Distfiles ought to at least match the Release's ports collection,=20 however outdated it all at least harmoniously already becomes by = the time=20 the PowerPack even hits the shelves!!!

Dennis

 

 

Ports are upgraded constantly; for fast-moving targets like GNOME

there will often be several software releases in a week. As for

packages, from time to time the port is unbuildable, due to a = mistake

in the port or bugs in the software.

Kris

 

 

----- Original Message -----=20
From: dc =
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 3:33 PM
Subject: incompatability between PowerPack 6/01 TOOLKIT and = 9/01 OS=20 disks

Greetings;
 
Wondering if I maybe just missed the = point=20 somewhere or whether there really are packages and distfiles on the = June,=20 2001 TOOLKIT disks that are incompatible with the September, 2001 OS = disks, even=20 though they're all included in the same FreeBSD PowerPack=20 4.4...
 
An example is the gedit program that = apparently=20 couldn't build as a port from the TOOLKIT disks because of the already = obsolete=20 distfile, but that also didn't seem to exist as a package on any of the = OS=20 disks!  Of course it's on one of the "TOOLKIT Packages" disks,=20 but that would apparently create conflicting dependencies such = as=20 Gnome 1.2 along side the already installed Gnome 1.4!!!
 
Thank you and have a great=20 day,
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