From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 10 06:25:37 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 DF1BF16A420 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:25:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vlado@botka.homeunix.org) Received: from smtp-out4.iol.cz (smtp-out4.iol.cz [194.228.2.92]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E64E643D46 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:25:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vlado@botka.homeunix.org) Received: from antivir4.iol.cz (avir4 [192.168.30.209]) by smtp-out4.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFA6A1F8A6B; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:25:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (antivir4.iol.cz [127.0.0.1]) by antivir4.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2E3F24001E; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:25:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp-out4.iol.cz (unknown [192.168.30.31]) by antivir4.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF02C24001B; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:25:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from ace.botka.homeunix.org (3.77.broadband2.iol.cz [83.208.77.3]) by smtp-out4.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECB7C22AEF0; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:25:22 +0100 (CET) Received: by ace.botka.homeunix.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7C47427; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:25:22 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on ace.botka.homeunix.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, TRACKER_ID autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 Received: from srv (ac.botka.homeunix.org [192.168.1.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ace.botka.homeunix.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A18125; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:25:21 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:25:21 +0100 (CET) From: Vladimir Botka X-X-Sender: vlado@srv.g1.netng.org To: Greg Barniskis In-Reply-To: <43EBCA27.9050401@scls.lib.wi.us> Message-ID: <20060210072157.E17222@srv.g1.netng.org> References: <1b62a7390602091000q44f735f4n692970044b56330b@mail.gmail.com> <43EBCA27.9050401@scls.lib.wi.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at iol.cz Cc: Ryan R , 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: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:25:37 -0000 There are no kde-3.5.1 packages available. AFAIK. Maybe on the 6.1-BETA1-i386-disc2.iso ? Cheers, -vlado D0000000000000000000000000000000 On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Greg Barniskis wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >