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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                               
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