From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 2 08:36:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D04CA1065674 for ; Wed, 2 Jun 2010 08:36:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C80B8FC0A for ; Wed, 2 Jun 2010 08:36:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.1]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.14.4/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id o528anLF056666 for ; Wed, 2 Jun 2010 10:36:50 +0200 (CEST) X-Ids: 165 Received: from niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.41]) by parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id B711F8A367 for ; Wed, 2 Jun 2010 10:36:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: by niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix, from userid 2005) id A57FE2C; Wed, 2 Jun 2010 10:36:48 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 10:36:48 +0200 From: Michel Talon To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100602083648.GA59379@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Miltered: at jchkmail.jussieu.fr with ID 4C061821.008 by Joe's j-chkmail (http : // j-chkmail dot ensmp dot fr)! X-j-chkmail-Enveloppe: 4C061821.008/134.157.10.1/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/ Subject: Re: Direct or indirect libdependencies (using the libintl.so.8 case) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:36:51 -0000 Garrett Cooper wrote: > > followed consistently. I know that the decisions are made on a > > case-by-case > > basis, but for my taste, it is too much case-by-case. > > I haven't done portmaster -af in a long time, but unfortunately some > things aren't working as expected (gthumb segfaults on certain > directories), so here we go... In fact these remarks combined show that there are fundamental problems in the port system, a thing which has been remarked since a long time, but is regularly denied by many people. Basically it is not in a shape to be reliably maintained by automatic procedures, contrary to some concurrence. How to solve the problem, i don't know. -- Michel TALON