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Date:      Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:11:03 -0500 (EST)
From:      Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com>
To:        "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Trouble installing xpdf port in 3.4-stable
Message-ID:  <200002291511.KAA04016@world.std.com>

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Wow!  That was fast...  :)

>Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:28:54 -0500 (EST)
>From: "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>
>Subject: Re: Trouble installing xpdf port in 3.4-stable
>
>On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
>> How can I get xpdf?
>> 
>> Even though it shows up in the ports tree, the description says
>> it is in both "graphics" & "print" but it is only listed in
>> "graphics."
>> 
>> Xpdf is not on *any* of the CDs.  I could've sworn it was on
>> previous CDs; how did it get left out?  I'd think xpdf would be
>> a "biggie..."
>
>Looking at ports/graphics/xpdf/Makefile, you will find:
>
>.if !defined(PACKAGE_BUILDING)
>RESTRICTED=     "Contains cryptography"
>.endif
>
>which means that an xpdf package will not be built since it
>contains cryptographic code (presumably to decrypt encrypted .pdf's).

What?  Amazing...  I'd never have guessed *that*...
I generally stay out of makefiles (at least "officially") & try
to rely on the appropriate READMEs, etc.  (Ie. I "start out" in
"semi-dumb-user" mode...  :)

>> Configure stops ...
>> 
>> So...  What's up here?  Btw, xpdf is not the only one that
>> (mis)behaves like this; there have been a couple of others, but
>> I can't remember them right now...
>
>It's difficult to debug without any real error messages.  Feel
>free to send errors/logs/etc to the MAINTAINER (found in the
>port's Makefile) and/or ports@FreeBSD.org

Done...  Thanks...  I guess I'll have to wait & see what I might
hear from them...

-kc


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