Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:06:54 +0100 From: Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz@wanadoo.es> To: Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz@wanadoo.es> Cc: freebsd-questions-en <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Questions about ports Message-ID: <421B2E6E.5040001@wanadoo.es> In-Reply-To: <4219D0E9.4060907@wanadoo.es> References: <4219D0E9.4060907@wanadoo.es>
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Ramiro Aceves wrote: > Hello FreeBSD friends > > I have a question about ports. I have installed FreeBSD 5.3 on a AMD 400 > MHz machine with 64 MB RAM, so it is not a fast machine for compiling > big programs! :-). The problem I am going to tell you, happened to me > several weeks ago into another slower machine (Pentium 75 in which there > is no OS now), and I can not remember some details, so I am sorry if I > am not too acurate. I suppose I will run into this problem again with > the AMD machine so I would like to understand it better. > > > 1- I installed mozilla 1.7.2-2,2 from the packages on the CDROM. > 2- I cvsuped the ports collection. > 3- I installed and compiled some programs from the updated ports > collection. > 4- Mozilla did not work anymore cause in needs atk-1.6.1. > > Mozilla in the package is 1.7.2_2,2 and depends on atk-1.6.1 > If I install programs from the updated ports tree, atk-1.8.0 was > installed for another port and atk-1.6.1 removed, but mozilla on the > CDROM package wants atk-1.6.1. So, If I try to install again from the > cdrom, it cant cause atk-1.8.0 is installed. > > Compilling mozilla in this slow machine is not reasonable, so: > > Can I download a more updated mozilla package acording to my updated > ports collection? I have browsed pkg_add man pages and believe that the > environment variables PACKAGESITE and PACKAGEROOT need to be set so that > pkg_add can fetch more updated packages. Am I right? Where should they > point to? > > I will use pkg_add only for big programs, and I can use the ports > collectio to compile the little ones. > > Many thanks. > > Ramiro. > Hey friends!, am I on your e-mail black list? ;-) It is strange that nobody has answered my question. I have been investigating further. Do you think I should download packages (not ports) from 5-stable instead from 5.3 release? I mean, are 5-stable packages closer to an up to date ports collection? I am waiting for a good advice before messing my ports! Thanks. Ramiro. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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