Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:38:34 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Programmer In Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problem With GCompris Message-ID: <44wrx5re05.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <4BA582CF.2020300@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> (Programmer In Training's message of "Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:22:07 -0500") References: <4BA582CF.2020300@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us>
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Programmer In Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> writes: > Since this isn't listed at http://portsmon.freebsd.org/portserrs.py and > I haven't a clue (yet, I know I've seen how, just can't remember) how to > make a report about a port error, I'm posting to this list and > cross-posting to the listed maintainer for this port. "man send-pr" > I'm attempting to install gcompris from ports. Version in ports is > 8.4.12_3. It won't fetch from the server so I went to download it and > could not find /that/ version but I did find 8.4.13 so I went ahead and > put it in distfiles to see if it would work (it didn't). 8.4.12 is still available from the FreeBSD servers, so the current port builds fine for me. I tried 8.4.13, and the only problem seems to be the Makefile.in patch, which needs to be adapted for whatever changed upstream. [You can build by just deleting the patch, but permissions and install locations won't be right, and I don't think it will work properly. > If I understand this correctly, there is a freeze on ports. Might I know > if 8.4.13 (or even better, the most recent version) will be available > after the freeze? The odds are always better if you supply a patch... > Or is this facing the same problem as Java, lack of programmers > dedicated to it? > > If so, I'll explore options to fixing that. It's not quite trivial (often all you need to update a port is to change the makefile to point to the new version and update the checksums), but it doesn't look difficult.
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