Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 16:16:34 +0000 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: marrandy <marrandy@chaossolutions.org> Cc: autrijus@autrijus.org Subject: Re: marked as broken - P5-Log-Dispatch-2.10 Message-ID: <20050305161634.GC84206@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200503051113.02507.marrandy@chaossolutions.org> References: <200503042150.38465.marrandy@chaossolutions.org> <20050305151502.GB26240@hub.freebsd.org> <200503051113.02507.marrandy@chaossolutions.org>
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On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 11:13:02AM -0500, marrandy wrote: > On Saturday 05 March 2005 10:15, you wrote: > > > > > > Submit a patch with send-pr(1) that corrects the problem(s). > > > > Kris > > Hello Kris. > > Unfortunately, I'm not a programmer, haven't submitted patches before and > really don't know what the message means or why it was added. I had already > emailed the maintainer, autriju at autrijus.org, but he is probably busy, > as we all are. > > Background - There is an issue with the current helpdesk/inventory software at > work and I was hoping to offer Request Tracker (there is also Roundup, OTRS & > Eventum) as a possible replacement, but the current 30-day timetable, after > 3-days, has just changed to 10-days so I'm under the bullet to install and > test a suitable alternative. The RT-3/3.2 port seemed the best way to get it > installed, up and running and then there is data transfer from the other > system, which is another matter. > If the port is broken and not fixable in time, then my best option, at the > moment, seems to be to build from source. > It's unfortunate, as the port would have saved me a lot of time In many cases the port is marked BROKEN because the source itself is not buildable anyway, with or without ports. I don't know about this case. If so, your only option is to discuss the problem with the software authors. Kris
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