Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:58:01 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Nicolas Blais <nicblais@videotron.ca>, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Subject: Re: HELP!!! -CURRENT libtool problem. Message-ID: <199907120357.XAA16367@smtp4.erols.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9907120931400.8860-100000@mercury.physics.adelaide.edu.au>
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On 12-Jul-99 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. PR/12595 PR/12599 > Kris --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://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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