Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 14:39:59 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1043527200.2ad600@mired.org> To: stacey@vickiandstacey.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, sobomax@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: portupgrade of jasper-1.500.4 fails Message-ID: <15916.24223.901271.278437@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <1043094762.13652.9.camel@localhost> References: <1043015655.51041.505.camel@localhost> <15916.3804.460155.937665@guru.mired.org> <1043094762.13652.9.camel@localhost>
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In <1043094762.13652.9.camel@localhost>, Stacey Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> typed: > Hello, > > On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 14:59, Mike Meyer wrote: > > In <1043015655.51041.505.camel@localhost>, Stacey Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> typed: > > > Hello, > > > After a fresh cvsup of my ports tree, I tried to update > > > jasper-1.500.4 using portupgrade, but it fails with errors below. > > > > The proper way to deal with port build failures is to first make sure > > you've got the latest version of the port. If you do and it still > > fails, do a "make maintainer", and send the error report to the email > > address that this prints. > I am not attempting to *build* the port, but update via portupgrade > (isn't that what its for?), which produced the failure. Unless told to do otherwise, portupgrade upgrades the package by building the port. What you posted looked like a build failure. > I *did* run "make maintainer" in that port's dir to obtain the > maintainer's e-mail address - who is cc'd on this post. If posting to > questions is not proper, then I apologize - however, I am not the only > one that does this, and this is the first time I've ever encountered > anyone having a problem with this. It's not a problem. Some build failures are systemic, and questions is the correct place to deal with them. Others are specific to a port, and the maintainer is the best place to get help. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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