Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:00:25 +0900 From: "Rommel B. IKEDA" <r_ikeda@oisca.org> To: m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: FreeBSD ML <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vlc installation in /usr/ports/multimedia take too long... Message-ID: <3FA76AA9.8090607@oisca.org> In-Reply-To: <3FA769FF.10209@oisca.org> References: <3FA75422.3000706@oisca.org> <20031104084622.GB31448@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <3FA769FF.10209@oisca.org>
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> Matthew Seaman wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 04:24:18PM +0900, Rommel B. IKEDA wrote: >> >> >> >>> Is it normal for a Port to be compiled for 3-4 days? I was just >>> wondering? >>> I would really appreciate if anyone can help me how to verify that >>> my machine is indeed compiling the right way or it is just going in >>> a loop... >>> What if I would kill it...what would happen? Can I start >>> again...compile from the Ports and encounter no problems?...Oh...by >>> the way, I am a Newbie...I do not know how to properly Kill it... >>> >> >> Nope. I'd say that something has quite clearly gone wrong there. >> >> You can kill the compilation using 'Ctrl-C' (maybe required several >> times) -- that's the usual was to kill any misbehaving process under >> Unix. >> >> Before re-trying the compilation, cvsup(1) the latest version of the >> ports to pick up any fixes that may have gone into the tree in the >> mean time. > Thank you very much...I tried Ctrl-C and with just one try it stopped and said "You have Mail." I do not know what happened...I do not use CVSup because I can not...with the networking configurations that we have in the office...I have been dowloading CTM deltas...I will try to ctm today...and use portsdb -Uu to update my ports... Again, Thank you very much... Rommel B. Ikeda
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