From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 23 23:33:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EB1416A417 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:33:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bennett@cs.niu.edu) Received: from mp.cs.niu.edu (mp.cs.niu.edu [131.156.145.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 574EA13C43A for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:33:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bennett@cs.niu.edu) Received: from mp.cs.niu.edu (bennett@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mp.cs.niu.edu (8.14.0.Beta3/8.14.0.Beta3) with ESMTP id kBNMZFU4019396 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:35:15 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:35:15 -0600 (CST) From: Scott Bennett Message-Id: <200612232235.kBNMZFte019395@mp.cs.niu.edu> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: math/atlas error in Make.top prevents building it via portinstall X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:33:22 -0000 The math/atlas package atlas-3.6.0 has an error in ATLAS/Make.top that wipes out libraries just unpacked by tar that are needed to build the port. The atlas errata web page describes the error and states that deleting line 215 from ATLAS/Make.out will prevent the deletions from occurring. Unfortunately, portinstall unpacks the .tar.bz2 archive and immediately begins the build without providing an opportunity to fix Make.top before it gets used, so the libraries get unpacked and then wiped out right away before the build really gets going. Does anyone know how I can build math/atlas while doing all the other things that portinstall takes care of? Does anyone know why the port owner put this into the FreeBSD 6.1 ports tree without trying to build it first? Surely the owner would have noticed if he/she had tried to build it. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************