From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 15 10:05:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA01053 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 10:05:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from euthyphro.uchicago.edu (euthyphro.uchicago.edu [128.135.21.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA01041 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 10:05:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sfarrell@phaedrus.uchicago.edu) Received: from phaedrus.uchicago.edu (phaedrus [128.135.21.10]) by euthyphro.uchicago.edu (8.8.6/8.8.4) with ESMTP id MAA18591; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 12:05:08 -0600 (CST) Received: (from sfarrell@localhost) by phaedrus.uchicago.edu (8.8.8/8.8.5) id MAA22315; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 12:05:06 -0600 (CST) To: Dennis Tenn Cc: freebsd questions Subject: Re: Motif/lesstif and ports References: From: stephen farrell Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.108) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: 15 Feb 1998 12:05:06 -0600 In-Reply-To: Dennis Tenn's message of "Sun, 15 Feb 1998 08:32:34 -0500 (EST)" Message-ID: <87sopkn3ql.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Lines: 23 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/XEmacs 20.3 - "Vatican City" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dennis Tenn writes: > Can anyone explain what the steps are to compile a port in the /usr/ports > dir that has the "REQUIRES_MOTIF=yes" option in 'Makefile'? I have > lesstif compiled and installed but any port that option either tells me > that it requires motif and stops or if I comment the flag out, the compile > fails. I'm stumped. I'm sure that I had successfully compiled ports such commenting out the flag should be fine. (duh... also look at /etc/make.conf!) > as 'xmcd' or 'xmmix' before but now I can't. I'm stuck with getting the > binaries, which for me, defeats the purpose of having the port dirs. what's the error--it might not be what you think--your lesstif might be hosed. maybe you should pkg_delete lesstif and reinstall it from the latest port. -- Steve Farrell To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message