Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:46:52 -0500 (EST) From: Sue Bauer-Lee <sblee@eeyore.taz.tac.com> To: hoek@hwcn.org Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bulding new versions Message-ID: <199803012346.SAA16353@eeyore.taz.tac.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980301175315.11643A-100000@james.hwcn.org> from "Tim Vanderhoek" at Mar 1, 98 06:19:48 pm
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> > On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Sue Bauer-Lee wrote: > > > I appreciate all the responses but we're not getting my problems solved. > > I'm not here to solve your problems; I'm merely interested in > seeing if the documentation has failed its purpose, specifically > the ports-related docs. Of course, I hope I can be of help in > the process. :-) > > [I seem to have missed much of the conversation. Please excuse > me if I trek over ground already covered] > > > 1) I am unable to install autoconf. I shouldn't have to run sysinsyall for > > one package. m4 is installed. by what method? > > Is m4 listed in /var/db/pkg/? (Or, alternatively, is it reported > by pkg_info(1)?). What version? sblee@she-devil$ pkg_info -a | grep m4 Information for m4-1.4: GNU's m4. /var/db/pkg sblee@she-devil$ ls -ld m4* drwxr-xr-x 2 root bin 512 Feb 28 15:31 m4-1.4 > > Ultimately, the method you installed it by should make only minor > differences. (The options generally are to use a package or to > build from the sources (as you did)). > > > > make DISTDIR=/tmp install > > Tried to install autoconf the same way. It can't find m4. Both were > > Okay, did you build the port from a non-standard directory, ie. > something other than /usr/ports/.../? There are some known bugs > with dependency registration in this case. Did you see a message > saying something along the lines of "@pkgdep registration > incomplete"? [Incidentally, it's generally perfectly okay to > build/install ports from something other than /usr/ports/, as I > often do myself]. > see above. downloaded autoconf from mit - same place 'fetch' went to get it from. out it in /tmp - didn't work. put it in /usr/ports/distfiles - didn't work. > > > manually retrieved from the site that fetch expected to be able to get > > them from - prep.mit..... > > Are the distfiles for both ports in the same directory (I presume > this to be /tmp/)? see above. > > > > 2) I am unable to build (independent from ports stuff) a newer version of > > XFCE. Linux doesn't force me to use rpm, Solaris doesn't force me to use > > pkgadd - you get the point. > > FreeBSD doesn't force you to use pkg_add or the ports system. > > The previous problems you mentioned (namely header files being > installed in alternate directories) may simply be the price that > must be paid for an otherwise superiour system. These different > directories are probably needed to avoid conflicts with other > ports. For example, tcl76 and tcl80 each must install their > headers into directories /usr/local/include/tcl76 and > /usr/local/include/tcl80 instead of /usr/local/include because > otherwise it is not possible to run many of the ports on the same > machine. > Understood. and am aware. :) > > > I would like an easier alternative to adding packages to FreeBsd. It has > > taken quite some time to set up a productive env compared to previously > > Taking away the problems you have run into, what do you need that > the ports system does not provide? > not sure how to answer this question.... :) BTW - thanks for the defence... ----------------------------------------------------- Sue Bauer-Lee | KE4HNN PO Box 2900 | Lilburn, GA 30048 | Email: sblee@taz.tac.com ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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