From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 9 02:01:49 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A13996B for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2014 02:01:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qg0-x234.google.com (mail-qg0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c04::234]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79EB9D1C for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2014 00:45:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qg0-f52.google.com with SMTP id i50so2185512qgf.11 for ; Mon, 08 Sep 2014 17:45:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=fZe01HmISn/FEDnWczCR4F6prLChKs+4nhLnUHoHUU4=; b=IDH3jny66i8zrwRO19gnzE7+sVJeup68jmbXZkKw4/wRaTuild2oVQSRrl4TmW6zq3 RZTDx8NHMbOL1yQjKCemw07Fyu811fN+Dnf1bPrGlua/BCu2npOGjSJ14dJnZb/0teTG 7G+QaRuluCoiKSxJEITBDxuuw7Rnmv8yUImV683t5bOkwIOVzxtD0LZsg1zbVRVngGQn j+yoelu1pzXzhn/K/892gwoTKH/zR3oB1Z9n8Zn1q+HUT1dWdOns8mATG08K8/L/OQfA wom+w8g4+ptqx3Qh8PpEazG2S2OTaKnfZzxFVQSYwKFsA36g+qyV9Z5c4Tst9d5uFV01 66MA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.76.9 with SMTP id a9mr46955349qak.38.1410223529638; Mon, 08 Sep 2014 17:45:29 -0700 (PDT) Sender: geeohgeegeeoh@gmail.com Received: by 10.96.14.170 with HTTP; Mon, 8 Sep 2014 17:45:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140908071941.GA87173@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> References: <20140908071941.GA87173@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 10:45:29 +1000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: rm5hcE895BPZgaoGIuggJQggt3Y Message-ID: Subject: Re: xemacs (zombie port, but worked) From: George Michaelson To: "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: George Michaelson , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 02:01:49 -0000 I went to the one working instance of the right OS version, did pkg create, stashed tarballs, installed by hand (and a couple of missing deps) on the other boxes and so far, on FreeBSD10 hosts its working ok. this is a crude hack for now, until I can ply somebody clueful with beer to rewake the (un)dead. also pkg lock so it can't be removed again. On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 5:19 PM, A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven wrote: > George Michaelson wrote: > >> Did it have to die? (pkg removed it) > > If I understand Baptiste's commit message correctly, it was no longer > maintained upstream. > > I suppose you could keep the port alive locally, but this will probably > take some effort (adding STAGEDIR support, for example). > > AvW > > -- > Imbibo, ergo sum.