Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 11:52:34 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a port installation causes some problems... HELP! Message-ID: <20000424115234.C24816@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <200004241809.LAA39733@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>; from kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu on Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 11:09:27AM -0700 References: <20000424113043.B24816@fw.wintelcom.net> <200004241809.LAA39733@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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* Steven G. Kargl <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> [000424 11:39] wrote:
> Alfred Perlstein said:
> > * s0lanine <admin@cyrebels.org> [000424 11:08] wrote:
> > >
> > > Today i tried to install editors/nedit from the ports collection,
> > > but it says:
> > >
> > > ===> nedit-5.0.2 requires Motif. LessTif is an LGPL implementation of
> > > the Motif API. A port is available in ports/x11-toolkits/lesstif. Please
> > > see /etc/make.conf
> > >
> > > So i went in x11-toolkits/lesstif and installed the lesstif port, it
> > > installed correctly, so i got back to editors/nedit, typed make install,
> > > and got the exact SAME error that said i needed motif blah blah blah...
> > > what the hell?
> > >
>
> You didn't following the instructions at the end of the installation
> of lesstif!
>
> > ? d1) the lesstif port should query the user to actually add HAVE_MOTIF
> > to /etc/make.conf
> > -or-
> > d2) the lefftif port ought to inform the user to do so himself.
> >
>
> troutmask:kargl[214] pwd
> /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/lesstif
> troutmask:kargl[215] tail -5 Makefile
> .endif
> ${SETENV} OBJFORMAT=${PORTOBJFORMAT} ${LDCONFIG} -m ${PREFIX}/lib
> @${CAT} ${PKGMESSAGE}
>
> .include <bsd.port.mk>
> troutmask:kargl[216] cat pkg/MESSAGE
>
> Make sure to set HAVE_MOTIF=yes in /etc/make.conf
Yes, I just noticed that, however the message:
> > > ===> nedit-5.0.2 requires Motif. LessTif is an LGPL implementation of
> > > the Motif API. A port is available in ports/x11-toolkits/lesstif. Please
> > > see /etc/make.conf
isn't useful since /etc/make.conf is practically empty be default,
it should reference /etc/defaults/make.conf as well.
/etc/defaults/make.conf needs to explain that HAVE_MOTIF is also
for lesstif.
--
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."
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