Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 20:53:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP!!! -CURRENT libtool problem. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907112051410.14681-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9907120931400.8860-100000@mercury.physics.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > Q: I want to use this cool piece of software that's in the FreeBSD > > > ports system. But I can't build it on my 3.x-stable system. > > > > > > Why not? > > > > A. Likely because someone running only on a -current box last committed > > a change to the port which broke it with 3.x. Please submit a bug > > report on this with send-pr since the -current ports collection is supposed > > to work with both the -current and -stable branches. If you're running a > > release version that lags significantly behind -current or -stable, you > > will require a ports upgrade kit from http://www.freebsd.org/ports > > Does someone plan to add this question and the other one about the dangers > of -current to the FAQ? I think they are both well-answered. Does the letter someone sent to faq@freebsd.org have all this info, or do I need to rewrite it? I'll commit it once I have the correct info. :) Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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