Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 14:10:18 -0600 From: "Ryan Thompson [LAM]" <listaccount@home.com> To: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> Cc: FBSDQ <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Broken Ports Message-ID: <366AE4AA.83FC0AE1@home.com> References: <000401be18bc$6ed195e0$0200a8c0@asus.hyperhost.net>
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Patrick Seal wrote: > > Maybe I missed something, but what's the point to have a broken port? Why > is a port 'broken'? I'm trying to install p5-Gtk-0.4 but it says it > "marked as broken: build." > > I searched though www.freebsd.org but couldn't find any mention of broken > ports. > > thanks, > > Patrick Seal > patseal@hyperhost.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Hi Patrick. Broken ports mean that whoever is responsible for maintaining the ported source ran into some sort of snag or noticed an old snag, OR, due to changes in a new version of the operating system, their working port no longer works. They are still available for download because there are many capable people out there that have the ability to fix broken ports, given a little time and programming expertise. When someone successfully fixes a broken port, they are often kind enough to submit it for re-inclusion in the working ports list. For the average user with little or no knowledge of UNIX internals, though, trying to build and run a broken port is usually just asking for trouble :) - Ryan Thompson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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