Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 00:15:59 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Keith Jones <kjones@got.wedgie.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnucash and odd port behavior Message-ID: <20001022001559.A63486@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20001021171435.B98826@got.wedgie.org>; from kjones@got.wedgie.org on Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 05:14:35PM -0400 References: <20001020114718.A44597@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20001021171435.B98826@got.wedgie.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hey Keith, thanks for a meaningful answer. I hate to say this, but most of the time I just expect FreeBSD to work, and when it doesn't, I assume I am doing something wrong. Thanks for the info. I don't need this port that bad. Actually, I think it is far more than I need. On Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 05:14:35PM -0400, Keith Jones wrote: | Gnucash depends on slib, which in turn builds with scheme48. slib | and scheme48 aren't getting along. From what I can get from the slib author, | the scheme48 version currently in the ports is broken. | | I have been posting about this on the ports mailing list too, but no one is | doing anything about it. If I knew what I could do, I would gladly do it. | | I also have a patch that I submitted to ports that would modify slib enough | to get it working with scheme, hence make gnucash work. That is how I am | currently using gnucash. You may want to locate that patch via the GNATS | engine. | | Thanks, | Keith. | | | On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 11:47:18AM +0100, j mckitrick wrote: | > I had some trouble building gnucash last night. I should mention I recently | > deleted my entire ports tree so I could start from scratch, and I used the | > cvsup file to limit them to those that interest me. Maybe this is what | > caused my problem. The port won't build. First, D/Ling the package didn't | > work, tellingg me I was denied access to the file on the freebsd server. | > Then, when I tried a port instead of a package, the compile died. I don't | > have the error, but I can get it later tonight. I thought maybe someone | > would have some ideas first. | > | > jcm | > -- | > "That depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." -President Bill Clinton | > | > "I don't know what you mean by the word 'ask.'" -CEO Bill Gates | > | > | > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message jcm -- "That depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." -President Bill Clinton "I don't know what you mean by the word 'ask.'" -CEO Bill Gates To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20001022001559.A63486>