From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jul 11 20:55:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD8C114CFC for ; Sun, 11 Jul 1999 20:55:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA37405; Sun, 11 Jul 1999 20:53:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 20:53:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Kris Kennaway Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP!!! -CURRENT libtool problem. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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