Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 02:49:15 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: ports@FreeBSD.org, questions@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: HEADS UP: MAJOR changes to the ports system Message-ID: <1075880955.76993.54.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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--=-CpgyWPLmCArzuvCcr9wY Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sorry for the wide distribution, but it is critical that -CURRENT users hear this. Two _MAJOR_ changes just went in to the ports tree that are bound to cause some pain to -CURRENT users. =20 The first is the change in default threading libraries. The ports system now uses -lpthread when linking ports instead of -lc_r. Binaries that wind up with both libc_r and libpthread in them will cause problems. In that case, it is imperative that you report this to the port's maintainer ASAP. You can use pkg_info -W /path/to/binary to determine which port installed it. Second, Perl 5.8.2 is now the default version of Perl in -CURRENT since the 5.2 split. This replaces Perl 5.6.1 as the default. Note: Perl 5.00503 is still the default version of Perl in the 4.X base OS. If you experience problems with any of these changes (or with the other recent changes listed in /usr/ports/CHANGES), please report them on the ports@ list and to the appropriate maintainers as soon as possible.=20 Thanks. Joe --=20 Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome --=-CpgyWPLmCArzuvCcr9wY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAIKP7b2iPiv4Uz4cRAknXAJ9QFsvMcHaoYaSXx7m1xgEtz0Jl2QCgntnn nP/oRp+NPuKHCPjJkKMp4Jc= =Wm8C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-CpgyWPLmCArzuvCcr9wY--
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