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Date:      Tue, 19 Nov 1996 01:57:05 +0100 (MET)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Are broken ports useful?
Message-ID:  <199611190057.BAA03940@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A41.3.95.961118180820.34472C-100000@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> from "pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co" at "Nov 18, 96 06:13:26 pm"

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As pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co wrote:

> I have a port for cim, a simula compiler, it compiles great and the test
> script runs OK, but when I try to install it the script fails when it is
> going to strip it due to "wrong format".
> I am using fbsd 2.1.5, with the old gcc, should I leave it like this to
> see if it works under 2.2, or should I remove the strip portion from the
> makefile?

The latter.  It has been decided (back in time) that using -s when
trying to install a script executable is considered a usage error,
hence install fails in this situation.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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