Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 19:16:37 -0800 From: Michael Dunham <michaeldunham@earthlink.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: libXext Problems when upgrading ports] Message-ID: <404D3715.30901@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20040309030733.GA18671@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <404D2E53.1050505@earthlink.net> <20040309030733.GA18671@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 06:39:15PM -0800, Michael Dunham wrote: > > >>I'm encountering several ports that are failing upgrades to a "missing >>libXext" .. >> >>The latest is Digikam >> >>failure listing below: >>checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes >>checking for libXext... no >>configure: error: We need a working libXext to proceed. Since >>configure >>can't find it itself, we stop here assuming that make wouldn't >>find >>them either. >>===> Script "configure" failed unexpectedly. >>Please report the problem to avleeuwen@piwebs.com [maintainer] >>and attach the >>"/home/ports/graphics/digikam/work/digikam-0.6/config.log" inc >>luding the >>output of the failure of your make command. Also, it might be >>a good idea to >>provide an overview of all packages installed on your system >>( e.g. an `ls >>/var/db/pkg`). >>*** Error code 1 >> >> > >How about you start by following the advice given to you by the >system? :-) > >Kris > > No offense Kris - I have tried that. As I mentioned, this is not an isolated issue for my system for some reason. I don't want to spam a group of ports maintainers with a problem that is general across several ports for me and not specific to this port. I'm looking for a suggestion for what I should do to solve the whole problem if anyone has encountered something similar. Mike
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