From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 9 17:00:01 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66BB616A4CE; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:00:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wrzx35.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (wrzx35.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de [132.187.3.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE30943D4C; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:00:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from q@uni.de) Received: from wrzx30.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (wrzx30.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de [132.187.1.30]) by wrzx35.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86C27DCC4D; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:59:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from virusscan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wrzx30.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EF109144E; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:59:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from wrzx28.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (wrzx28.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de [132.187.3.28]) by wrzx30.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38ECF74944; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:59:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from coyote.q.local (wwsx14.win-screen.uni-wuerzburg.de [132.187.253.14]) by wrzx28.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E55D6D5B76; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:59:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from roadrunner.q.local (roadrunner.q.local [192.168.0.148]) by coyote.q.local (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j09GxwR2014186; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:59:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from q@uni.de) Received: from roadrunner.q.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by roadrunner.q.local (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j09GxwuQ035168; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:59:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from q@uni.de) Received: (from q@localhost) by roadrunner.q.local (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j09Gxvjj035167; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:59:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from q@uni.de) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:59:57 +0100 From: Ulrich Spoerlein To: "Theodore R. Smith" Message-ID: <20050109165957.GD828@galgenberg.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Theodore R. Smith" , lioux@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org References: <41E15BCE.5070805@xmule.ws> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41E15BCE.5070805@xmule.ws> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new (Rechenzentrum Universitaet Wuerzburg) cc: ports@FreeBSD.org cc: lioux@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: xmule-1.9.4.b_1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 17:00:01 -0000 On Sun, 09.01.2005 at 10:29:02 -0600, Theodore R. Smith wrote: > Why is xMule 1.9.4b regarded as "broken" by freshports? Because it's "only" broken for 4.x releases of FreeBSD which shipped with gcc 2.95 (and will not be updated). > Judging the content at > http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/i386-errorlogs/e.4.2005010401/xmule-1.9.4.b_1.log > > It appears as though xMule is being tested with an out-dated compiler, probably > gcc 2.95.x, which is no longer maintained by FSF. Yes, that's the build log for FreeBSD 4.11. This could probably be worked around by explicitely depending on a newer gcc port to be installed. aka USE_GCC= 3.3 > I'm not trying to tell you how to do your job(s)/volunteer work. I am imploring > you to penalize the proper deviants accordingly: the non-ISO-C++-compliant > compiler that tests xMule. Relax, it's only broken for the older 4.x line of FreeBSD and it can probably be fixed very easily by the maintainer. Ulrich Spoerlein -- PGP Key ID: F0DB9F44 Encrypted mail welcome! Fingerprint: F1CE D062 0CA9 ADE3 349B 2FE8 980A C6B5 F0DB 9F44 Ok, which part of "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn." didn't you understand?