Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 02:03:20 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG, se@FreeBSD.ORG, andreas@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The verdict has come in.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912060159480.16082-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.991205191201.andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM>
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On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Will Andrews wrote: > -ports, Stefan, Andreas, > > [ weary sigh ] > > My futile attempts at trying to allow for more than one version of Qt > 1.42 and KDE 1.1.2 libraries (as in, compiled by more than one version of > gcc/g++) have failed. Of course, I spent a few hours hacking bsd.port.mk, > creating new ports (qt-newgcc-1.42, kdelibs11-newgcc-1.1.2), et cetera. It won't > work. Making multiple versions of software coexist has been the reason that so much software that is ported is totally incompatible with any add-on packages that *aren't* ports. It's because the usual strategy involves changing paths and pathnames to configuration files. I know this is a pain to those who don't want to run the very latest versions all the time, but I'm (for one) glad to have only one version work, because I really dislike all the problems multiple version hacks give me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C programming, Electronics, 213 Lakeside Dr. Apt. T-1 | communications, and signal processing. Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic.mat.net: FreeBSD-current(i386) and (301) 220-2114 | jaunt.mat.net : FreeBSD-current(Alpha) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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