Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 17:09:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jan Henrik Sylvester <me@janh.de> Cc: ports-list freebsd <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: autoconf removal / Build error: KDE requires autoconf 2.53 or newer (kmastermind) Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710041706520.17632@qbhto.arg> In-Reply-To: <47021CA9.5030105@janh.de> References: <47021CA9.5030105@janh.de>
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Since no one else responded I'll take a crack ...
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007, Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote:
> portupgrade kmastermind-2.2_1 to kmastermind-2.2_2 failed:
>
> *** AUTOCONF NOT FOUND!.
> *** KDE requires autoconf 2.53 or newer
>
> What should I do about it?
>
> Moreover, portupgrade does not deal with this:
>
> autoconf-2.53_4 < needs updating (port has 2.61_2)
> autoconf-2.59_3 < needs updating (port has 2.61_2)
> autoconf-2.61_2 = up-to-date with port
If I can put in a plug for portmaster here, it handles this situation
transparently due to supporting the entries in the MOVED file.
> /usr/ports/UPDATING has no instructions what to do with the obsolete autoconf
> versions. Shall I remove them although autotools-20070905, kde-3.5.7, and
> kdevelop-3.4.1_2 still "require" them? Can I do that without rebuilding
> kdevelop?
Yes to "you should remove them," not sure about kdevelop. My gut feeling
is that it would be ok to pkg_delete -f them, and then rebuild kdevelop
later if you have to.
Good luck,
Doug
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