Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 11:48:58 -0800 (PST) From: "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu (Brett Taylor) Cc: ac199@hwcn.org, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd.port.mk bug??? Message-ID: <199803181948.LAA07693@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980318122959.24915B-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu> from Brett Taylor at "Mar 18, 98 12:33:12 pm"
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According to Brett Taylor: > > On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Steven G. Kargl wrote: > > > Think of it as a proactive bug. :-) > > > > Proactive??? > > > > cd /usr/ports/x11/lesstif > > make > > ===> lesstif-0.83 : You have an old file (/usr/local/include/tk.h) that > > could cause problems for some ports to compile. Please remove it and try > > again. You may have to reinstall tk from the ports tree afterwards. > > Yes, proactive. Look at tk-8.0.2's PLIST. There you find the following > entry: > > "/usr/local/"include/tk8.0/tk.h (stuff in " is not in the PLIST but ..) > > The file tk.h comes from the old base system when tk/tcl were included. > Now they're not and you're expected to use the correct ones from the > ports. > > This warning is just telling you to get rid of old dreck that doesn't > belong anymore. > Okay, I'll use short simple words and sentences. lesstif does not use tk. lesstif does not use tcl. 95% of the ports do not use tk. 95% of the ports do not use tcl. I should be able to put a copy of tk.h and tcl.h in every directory on my system, and lesstif will not be affected. I should be able to put a copy of tk.h and tcl.h in every directory on my system, and 95% of the ports will not be affected. This message should appear only when building a version of tk. This message should appear only when building a version of tcl. This message should appear only when building a consumer of tk. This message should appear only when building a consumer of tcl. -- Steve finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~clesceri/kargl.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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