From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Mar 18 14:31:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.36.247]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8842B15304; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:30:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au) Received: from bragg (bragg [129.127.36.34]) by adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.8/8.8.8/UofA-1.5) with SMTP id JAA16618; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 09:01:21 +0930 (CST) Received: from localhost by bragg; (5.65/1.1.8.2/05Aug95-0227PM) id AA22361; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 09:00:08 +0930 Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 09:00:08 +0930 (CST) From: Kris Kennaway X-Sender: kkennawa@bragg To: Satoshi Asami Cc: sheldonh@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/10461: make gimp-1.1.2 failed in GTK test... In-Reply-To: <199903181848.KAA31596@bubble.didi.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Satoshi Asami wrote: > * Because glib11-devel could be anything from 1.1.4 up to 1.1.16 (well, I think > * the library version number may have been bumped once or twice to break up that > * space) and if it's too old (read: not equal to the version of gtk11-devel > * you're installing) the dependency check will pass, but it with either not > * compile, or compile but give weird runtime problems. > > That's what LIB_DEPENDS should take care of. :) Yeah, but in the case of {gtk,glib}11-devel it didnt work, because e.g libglib.so.2 refers to any of at least 5 or 6 versions, at least some of which are mutually incompatible. If someone has installed .so.x (1.1.12) and their port expects .so.x (1.1.16) the dependency check will pass but the configure script won't. Kris ----- (ASP) Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) announced today that the release of its productivity suite, Office 2000, will be delayed until the first quarter of 1901. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message