From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 25 19:20:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in (theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in [144.16.71.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E4CBF37BB00 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2000 19:20:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rsidd@theory8.physics.iisc.ernet.in) Received: (qmail 3127 invoked from network); 26 Apr 2000 02:19:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO theory8.physics.iisc.ernet.in) (144.16.71.128) by theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in with SMTP; 26 Apr 2000 02:19:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 657 invoked by uid 211); 26 Apr 2000 02:19:31 -0000 Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 07:49:31 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: Gunnar H Reichert-Weygold Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Ports: any difference between 3.x/4.0? Message-ID: <20000426074930.B570@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Mail-Followup-To: Gunnar H Reichert-Weygold , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <00042518315401.00333@gunnar.my.domain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <00042518315401.00333@gunnar.my.domain>; from gunnar@paganlibrary.com on Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 06:30:54PM -0700 X-Operating-System: Linux 2.0.32 i486 X-Question: Do you enjoy reading pointless headers? Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have never had any of the problems cited below, regarding ports. But lately I've sometimes had the "make" stop halfway with some error message, and if I do it again with CC=gcc295 CXX=g++295 it works fine, though the port itself doesn't require gcc2.95 to be installed. Is it because the port was written for 4.0 and I'm still running 3.4? Or do I have the wrong port tree? Thanks Rahul. Gunnar H Reichert-Weygold said on Apr 25, 2000 at 18:30:54: > The problems I've had have either been id10t related, or PEBKAC (problem exists > between keyboard and chair). > > > On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, keith@mail.telestream.com wrote: > > I hardly think it has to do with ports. Operator error more likely. > > I do admit to having a problem with two or three ports but in the end it > > was my own ignorance that was the problem, not the ports system. > > Perhaps you should look at the same issue I did to find the problem. > > :) > > > > Keith > > > > > > ================================= > > I here by change the name > > of RedHat to RedSplat. > > > > Keith W. > > At the helm > > ================================= > > > > > > On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote: > > > > > > That is my question.  It seems the idea behind ports is trapped in the > > > > 70's.  They hardly work and many times get errors about "file not > > > > found" or something equally annoying.. so I have to go in and screw > > > > with it "by hand" which is no problem for me.. but the newbies are > > > > another story. Once I ran make lynx and it said I had to have X11 > > > > installed.  What a crock.. another fine example is openssl ...  It > > > > wants the useless RSAREF crap.  What a crock!  What does Satoshi Asami > > > > have to say about the disorganization of the ports collection?  When > > > > will FreeBSD come up with something more reliable?  Yes, I cvsup'd the > > > > latest ports as of about a week ago. The only reason I would like to > > > > see ports be more reliable is because I have lots-o-people that want > > > > to run *nix.. so I recommend to them FreeBSD.  If ports were more > > > > reliable, I would spend less time on the phone/net helping people > > > > install stuff on their FreeBSD boxes.   So far, the easiest solution > > > > is to tell them to try Linux.  rpm --install blahblahblah seems to > > > > work better for newbies than depending on the ports and these folks > > > > are pretty brainless when it comes to installing  things "by hand ", > > > > the "old fashioned way". Any info would be appreciated.  Please > > > > respond via email as I am not subscribed to the list. thanks, > > > > kyates@wspice.com > > > > > > > I only have a couple of things to say to you about the ports > > > collection. First off, you must be doing something wrong because I have > > > NEVER had any of these problems. Second, many people's main reason for > > > moving to FreeBSD _IS_ the ports tree. All you need to do is be sure > > > you're connected to the internet when you go and type make somewhere, and > > > all dependencies are fetched. I have had very few problems with the ports > > > tree, and it has only made my life easier. > > > > > > > > > ================================================================= > > > | Kenneth Culver | FreeBSD: The best OS around. | > > > | Unix Systems Administrator | ICQ #: 24767726 | > > > | and student at The | AIM: muythaibxr | > > > | The University of Maryland, | Website: (Under Construction) | > > > | College Park. | http://www.wam.umd.edu/~culverk/| > > > ================================================================= > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- > > Equal opportunity heretic. > > Gunnar H Reichert-Weygold > The Pagan Library > http://www.paganlibrary.com > --------------------------- > FreeBSD 3.4----------PalmOS > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message