Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 22:32:32 +1000 (EST) From: Mark Russell <mark@viper.net.au> To: Francois Kritzinger <ffkrz@iafrica.com> Cc: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>, <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: gettext doesn't install libintl.so.1 Message-ID: <20020427222801.A27029-100000@gatekeeper.viper.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20020427095657.A46637@noya>
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On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Francois Kritzinger wrote: > On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 09:46:44AM +1000, Mark Russell wrote: > >On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Doug Barton wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Francois Kritzinger wrote: > >> > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I recently upgraded some ports, and in the process gettext was upgraded. > >> > Since then, there are lost of programs complaining that > >> > "libintl.so.1 not found". > >> > >> This is a known problem, but so far the ports team hasn't really > >> addressed it, to my knowledge. I suggest the following as root, which > >> works for me: > >> > >> cd /usr/local/lib > >> ln -s libintl.so libintl.so.1 > >> > >> That's kind of cheesy, but it'll keep working until such time in the > >> future when the gettext people break API compatibility with .so.1. > >> > > > > > >I had a similar problem, what I did to fix the mess was to cd > >/usr/X11R6/bin && grep libintl.so.1 * the reinstall anything that > >matched, repeat for /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/lib and /usr/local/lib, once > >again probably not the correct way but it saved me adding symlinks which > >*may* break things in the future. > > > > > > OK, but I have another problem. > > Many of the programs I use will not build without libintl.so.1. > I assume that this means that the maintainer has not updated the port yet? > So, I can only upgrade them when they actually start using libintl.so.2. > > Thus for now I *have* to use the symlink method... > > Is this correct? At a guess you have dependancies that still rely on libintl.so.1 so maybe look at /usr/*/lib/* first? I remember it being a bitch of a job but I got it done one all the boxes I admin. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Mark Russell mark@viper.net.au ph 61 + 2 + 9699 3837 viper.net.au http://www.viper.net.au fax 61 + 2 + 9699 3841 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The best things in life are free, thats why Windoze costs so much If you have received this message in error it proves that I am an idiot. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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