Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:25:21 +0100 (CET) From: Vladimir Botka <vlado@botka.homeunix.org> To: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> Cc: Ryan R <air.lightz@gmail.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broken kde3 from ports, not downloading what it's supposed to. Will not compile; need advice please. Message-ID: <20060210072157.E17222@srv.g1.netng.org> In-Reply-To: <43EBCA27.9050401@scls.lib.wi.us> References: <1b62a7390602091000q44f735f4n692970044b56330b@mail.gmail.com> <43EBCA27.9050401@scls.lib.wi.us>
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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) > <gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (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" > >
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