Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:47:29 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6 is coming too fast Message-ID: <20050428104729.rpldz1rkeo8c8cs8@netchild.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20050427165701.38699.qmail@web51605.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050427165701.38699.qmail@web51605.mail.yahoo.com>
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pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com wrote: > > --- Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> wrote: >> pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com wrote: >> >> > - Bad press towards the 5.x series. >> >> If it doesn't mentions 5.3 explicitely, it doesn't apply. >> > It was an article that appeared on osnews.com, it mention 5.3 explicitly > evreything I read there turned to be false. That's sad. >> > - phk's axe broke one of my favorite ports and I didn't want to spend >> > another 6 months "fixing" it. >> >> You failed to tell which port you are talking about. >> > Well.. I emailed phk about it and was ignored, the problem was PR'd, and even > when I have an ugly workaround for it, the specific port (x11-toolkits/xview) > was further broken by make changes. I fixed that port before (not much fun), > and while I can accept that things may break, I find the "what I broke is not > my problem" attitude unacceptable. I agree. >> > - I wanted to use XFree86-4 and building it on my own and figuring out the >> > library mess later is not an option. >> >> We still have the XFree86-4 port, and AFAIK it still works (everything else >> is a bug). You just have to set a variable in make.conf to make it the >> default. >> > Well.. while updating from 5.2.1 to 5.3 I esentially had to remove > all packages > and install XFree86-4 (which is not in the ISO). I decided it was easier to > move to 4.11. From 5.2.1 to 4.11 you had to deinstall all packages too. And XF86-4 should ba available as a package, so no time needed to compile it. And the package is smaller than the source too... I think. >> > - Although outdated, the downloadable java support package was available >> > for 4.x only. >> >> It should work on 5.3-release too. At least there was an effort to get it >> working, and AFAIK they succeeded. >> > hmm the diablo-jdk13 port says: > > .if ${OSVERSION} >= 502112 > ECHO_MSG= ${ECHO_CMD} > IGNORE= does not run on FreeBSD >= 5.x > .endif Strange... I thought the libm issue was resolved. The linux JDKs work just fine BTW... Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 The days are all empty and the nights are unreal.
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