Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:08:54 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu> Cc: ac199@hwcn.org, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd.port.mk bug??? Message-ID: <19980319000854.30236@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199803181948.LAA07693@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>; from Steven G. Kargl on Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 11:48:58AM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980318122959.24915B-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu> <199803181948.LAA07693@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 11:48:58AM -0800, Steven G. Kargl wrote: > According to Brett Taylor: > > > > On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Steven G. Kargl wrote: > > > > Think of it as a proactive bug. :-) > > > > > > Proactive??? > > > > > > cd /usr/ports/x11/lesstif > > > make > > > ===> lesstif-0.83 : You have an old file (/usr/local/include/tk.h) that > > > could cause problems for some ports to compile. Please remove it and try > > > again. You may have to reinstall tk from the ports tree afterwards. > > > > Yes, proactive. Look at tk-8.0.2's PLIST. There you find the following > > entry: > > > > "/usr/local/"include/tk8.0/tk.h (stuff in " is not in the PLIST but ..) > > > > The file tk.h comes from the old base system when tk/tcl were included. > > Now they're not and you're expected to use the correct ones from the > > ports. > > > > This warning is just telling you to get rid of old dreck that doesn't > > belong anymore. > > > > Okay, I'll use short simple words and sentences. Let's say checking a port for problems with obsolete TK versions take 3 minutes on average (and some of the cases are pretty complex, so I don't think that's runreasonable). 1400*3 = 7000 minutes, approximately 3 work weeks. It's Too Expensive To Check. Was that simple enough words for you? BTW: Looking at dependencies is not good enough, just to counter that argument before it shows up. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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