Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:04:55 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org> To: Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem building various ports (dependencies). Message-ID: <45D07407.500@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <E1HGWls-000NPi-I4@clue.co.za> References: <E1HGWls-000NPi-I4@clue.co.za>
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On 02/12/07 02:42, Ian FREISLICH wrote: > Eric Anderson wrote: >>> Is the problem with the way the ports collection detects the existence >>> of dependencies or with the way the dependencies are installed? >> I'm guessing it's the removal of objformat from the tree. You can try >> to grab the pre-removal version, and compile/install it. This helped me >> build my ports again. Painful. > > Hmm. That would be it. Seems like it's been threatened for a long time. > > ---------------------------- > revision 1.19 > date: 2007/01/25 22:26:41; author: peter; state: dead; lines: +1 -1 > Retire objformat(1) as threatened in 2002. > > Ian Yep. I'm no ports guru, but seems like prior to whacking this, a quick burn through the ports should have been done. Not sure if it's happening now or not, but I just put objformat back to move on.. Eric
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