From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 9 23:03:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BE6A16A420 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 23:03:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3DEA43D45 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 23:03:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from [172.26.2.238] ([172.26.2.238]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k19N33R4044434; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 17:03:03 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-ID: <43EBCA27.9050401@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:03:03 -0600 From: Greg Barniskis User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ryan R References: <1b62a7390602091000q44f735f4n692970044b56330b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1b62a7390602091000q44f735f4n692970044b56330b@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broken kde3 from ports, not downloading what it's supposed to. Will not compile; need advice please. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:03:05 -0000 Ryan R wrote: > Hi there everybody > > I am a novice user, and I just did a FreeBSD-6.0 MINIMAL install > > I did all the basic stuff, like cvsup'ed my ports and > standard-supfile, so I'm synced to 6.1-PRERELEASE, and I applied my > kernel patches, rebuilt world, and even compiled Xorg from scratch > along with some basic window managers until kde3 was going to be > ready.. But I've encountered a problem :( Well, not bad for a novice! You've gotten good advice from others on this particular issue but I feel compelled to add two cents. As a novice, you might certainly find it less troublesome/exasperating to track a less volatile security release branch (e.g. RELENG_6_0) instead of -STABLE (RELENG_6), and to install your ports applications from packages rather than compiling these yourself from source. The differences in these approaches to system and ports management are pretty well described in the Handbook as well as the archives of this list. However, if you're trying to be on the bleeding edge on purpose because you want the experience (including the occasional headaches) gained from compiling things from scratch, then more power to you, of course. For most purposes though, installing ports from packages is just fine. -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) , (608) 266-6348