Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 10:24:49 -0600 From: Gary Aitken <vagabond@blackfoot.net> To: grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gimp package? Message-ID: <523F19D1.7000707@blackfoot.net> In-Reply-To: <CAD2Ti28t9f3FvkFQNVXs9nVhEqH4urQ3sxnWYZfuB_99sjUf7w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAD2Ti29a40WX0rNzEe6ybbELp3kQ=Pgq_b2-34f7Eb5Bot1gfA@mail.gmail.com> <523B955D.9020101@blackfoot.net> <CAD2Ti28t9f3FvkFQNVXs9nVhEqH4urQ3sxnWYZfuB_99sjUf7w@mail.gmail.com>
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On 09/21/13 13:15, grarpamp wrote: > On 9/19/13, Gary Aitken <vagabond@blackfoot.net> wrote: >> On 09/19/13 12:46, grarpamp wrote: >> >>> Hi. I see that a gimp port exists so I went to try the gimp package >>> but could not find it in the stable i386 package branches on >>> the FTP server, or in say 9 stable amd64. Is there a problem >>> building or distributing it to FTP or am I missing something? >>> The release packages are usually rather old so I use stable. >>> Thanks. >> >> I have gimp installed under 9.1, amd64, built from ports and it works >> great. I don't know about packages, however. > > Well then that would mean packaging is broken or > the port code hasn't made it to FTP package building yet, > so nobody can use the package for a while now. I wouldn't know about that as I'm not familiar with the mechanism by which official packages are produced. I just wanted to use it so I built it from ports. Sorry I don't have any more info / can't be of more help. Gary
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