Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:36:32 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Robert English" <drakcap@pacbell.net> Cc: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: For those who still cannot compile gnomedb, gal, gtkhtml on FBSD 4.11 i386 Message-ID: <op.s5sty6rn9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <op.s5stlhsd9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> References: <20060302181721.53889.qmail@web81906.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <op.s5stlhsd9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:28:19 -0600, Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> wrote: > On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:17:21 -0600, Robert English <drakcap@pacbell.net> > wrote: > >> I have found at least a temporary solution that works for me (on >> FreeBSD 4.11, compiled Jan 11 '06 on i386 platform). >> >> Preamble: after surfing through Google and finding the very >> helpful post about altering the Makefiles to put dashes in the >> names (Gregor Stucke on 26 February), I got "gnomeprint" to >> compile successfully after altering each appearance of "lgtk12" >> to read "lgtk-12", "lgdk12" to "lgdk-12", "lgmodule12" to >> "lgodule-12", and "lglib12" to lglib-12". "Gnomedb" did not >> respond to that: there were nearly 20 files that had "lgtk12" in >> them, and the program still did not compile after changing all >> of the appearances. >> >> Solution: going to "usr/X11R6/lib" first, I made two temporary >> soft-links: >> >> ln -s libgtk-12.so.2 libgtk12.so >> ln -s libgdk-12.so.2 libgdk12.s0 > > For anyone who is going to follow this advice, we won't support your > problem. Therefore, do not use this as solution. The solution is already > in the freebsd-ports as you need to rebuild all of gnomedb's > dependencies or rebuild all apps. or rebuild all apps that depend on glib12 might work. Cheers, Mezz > Cheers, > Mezz > >> Rehashing after that, I went to "usr/local/lib" and made two >> more temporary soft-links: >> >> ln -s libgmodule-12.so.3 libgmodule12.so >> ln -s libglib-12.so.3 libglib12.so >> >> I rehashed again, then resumed the "make" process in GnomeDB. >> Sure enough,the program compiled and installed happily. "Gal" >> just finished also, compiled and installed cleanly, and I'll be >> starting "Gtkhtml" next as I write this. After that, the whole >> update process will be finished. >> >> Caveat: If anyone knows of potential troubles arising from these >> links, please post. I do know one thing already: these >> soft-links won't be removed by any automatic script that I know >> of, so in the event that these libraries are updated these links >> will give me trouble if I don't remove them myself. Small price >> to pay for having a completely updated system. >> >> I'm posting this here in case others are having the same trouble >> with these last few remaining ports after what was otherwise a >> smooth and hassle-free updating process. -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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