From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Aug 11 20:13:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA27158 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 11 Aug 1996 20:13:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA27153 for ; Sun, 11 Aug 1996 20:13:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailbox.mcs.com (Mailbox.mcs.com [192.160.127.87]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.7.5/8.7.5) with SMTP id WAA10787; Sun, 11 Aug 1996 22:13:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: by mailbox.mcs.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.28.1 #28.5) id ; Sun, 11 Aug 96 22:13 CDT Received: (from karl@localhost) by Jupiter.mcs.net (8.7.5/8.7.5) id WAA09821; Sun, 11 Aug 1996 22:13:13 -0500 (CDT) From: Karl Denninger Message-Id: <199608120313.WAA09821@Jupiter.mcs.net> Subject: Re: Building ports and packages? To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 22:13:12 -0500 (CDT) Cc: karl@Mcs.Net, hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199608120208.LAA13535@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Aug 12, 96 11:38:13 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Karl Denninger stands accused of saying: > > > > I have the ports SUP tree here. LOTS of them don't build properly. > > > > Also, the "package" target appears not to work either. > > > > Anyone have the proper procedure for a complete ports build under -CURRENT > > handy? > > They should all work. Certainly I build both ports and packages on > -current with no drama at all. Hmmm... > Is the -current system you're working with a -SNAP virgin install, or > did you upgrade over an older (2.0.5, 2.1 etc.) release? Its a virgin install off a RELEASE I built from -CURRENT. Nothing special about it. > Is there a pattern to these failures? Satoshi (ports-meister) builds them > on -current regularly as a verification. From whence are you supping them? One thing I have figured out -- I didn't have X11 on there, and that blows up anything X related. Can that be fixed without reinstalling the entire machine? (ie: can I load the X11 release?) -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity http://www.mcs.net/~karl | T1 from $600 monthly; speeds to DS-3 available | 23 Chicagoland Prefixes, 13 ISDN, much more Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1] | Email to "info@mcs.net" WWW: http://www.mcs.net/ Fax: [+1 312 248-9865] | Home of Chicago's only FULL Clarinet feed!