Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 16:47:21 -0700 From: Eric M Logan <ericmlogan@mediaone.net> To: Doug Young <dougy@brizzie.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: about gftp... Message-ID: <3B046309.CD9C4CBD@mediaone.net> References: <3B045CA0.EB04F335@mediaone.net> <103d01c0df2b$756fc1a0$0300a8c0@oracle>
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Yeah, unfortunately this seems to be the only route available. Thanks to those who responded, it's off to the source code for me. Doug Young wrote: > > since updating to 4.3 I've noticed that a lot of ports have been > marked > > broken. For instance, reportmagic, netscape*, and GFTP. Especially > in > > regards to Gftp, if a port is marked broken is that it? No more app > and > > deal with it? It's been suggested that the Makefile in the ports > dir > > could be modified so that the app can be installed anyway but what's > the > > proper thing to do as I don't want to install a port that has been > > marked broken? Thanks. > > > I've been experiencing similar problems since I started using CVSUP in > 4.2 & > even after installing 4.3 RELEASE the problems continue. In most cases > it > appears to related to missing libraries or incompatible dependency. > (eg I think > its Webmin that insists on SSLeay but even though that was supposed to > have > been replaced by the OpenSSH thats included in default 4.3, the Webmin > port > isn't smart enough to know that. One of the experts told me about a > workaround > that seems to work, but I dunno that "workarounds" should be regarded > as best > practice. > > Now when I find something I want is broken / verboten / whatever I've > been going > to the homepage for the particular application, grabbing the source & > compiling that. > I suspect that may not be 100% kosher, but so far every one I've done > that way > has worked properly (fingers crossed) :) > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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