From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 3 9:47: 8 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60E5A37B401 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:47:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7848F43FD7 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:47:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18pu1o-000F7M-00 for FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 03 Mar 2003 17:47:04 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id B0FBB1A1A for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:47:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 09175C84A for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:24:22 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 7B9CC2256E; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:24:22 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:24:22 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Portupgrade -- revisited Message-ID: <20030303172422.GA431@willow.raggedclown.intra> References: <20030302192233.GA326@willow.raggedclown.intra> <200303021447.51087.kstewart@owt.com> <20030302232331.GD1066@willow.raggedclown.intra> <200303030824.51479.lauri@kde.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200303030824.51479.lauri@kde.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 08:24:48AM +0100, Lauri Watts wrote: Content-Description: signed data > On Monday 03 March 2003 00.23, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > Well I am trying to be constructive. Not just a compainer...although it > > sounds that way (having spent 2 unsuccessful days trying to get the > > latest KDE ports installed). > > > We obviously test the ports on a wide variety of systems, but we can't catch > everything. For example, there were recent changes on -CURRENT that > completely broke in kdebase, and we've been asking for people affected to > test a patch that very likely fixes it. As a further example, a recent > upgrade to libxine changed it's API so much that kdemultimedia stopped > building. Of course, updating the ports again with cvsup would fix that one, > since we fixed it rather quickly, and posting the build error to kde@, we > would have immediately recognised the problem as the one we just fixed, and > advised you accordingly. > > I guess I don't see your posts to kde@freebsd.org (clearly listed as the > maintainer for all KDE ports) with your build/runtime problems, symptoms, and > logs that would help us diagnose the problem. They must have slipped under > one of my filters. Perhaps, since I can obviously see your posts here, you > could repost them and I can forward them to kde@ for you. > Ok, mea culpa. I should use the right list when I have a problem. I will do so from now on. I do realise that KDE is one complex beast. I apologise. I still don't have KDE, but my next message about it will be to the right list. I do appreciate everyone's efforts... -- Regards Cliff [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message