Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 14:31:29 -0500 From: "Mezz bsdforums.org" <reigncracks@hotmail.com> To: Bram@moolenaar.net Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Error installing port Message-ID: <Sea2-F17JeujjeHdzXT00003498@hotmail.com>
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It's kind of off point, forgive me. :-) Seems like you are going to test the vim-gtk2 patch, so can be included in the 6.2, am I right? :-D I love vim-gtk2, it rocks and using it for months. ;-) Cheers, Mezz >Joe - > > > On Sat, 2003-04-19 at 11:25, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > > I'm running FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE. I was trying to install GTK+ 2.2. > > > Apparently something went wrong in the dependency for glib-2.2.1: > > >=20 > > > checking for pkg-config... /usr/local/bin/pkg-config > > > configure: error: *** pkg-config too old; version 0.14 or better >required= > > . > > > =3D=3D=3D> Script "configure" failed unexpectedly. > > > Please report the problem to gnome@FreeBSD.org [maintainer] and >att= > > ach > > > the "/usr/ports/devel/glib20/work/glib-2.2.1/config.log" >including = > > the > > > output of the failure of your make command. Also, it might be a >goo= > > d > > > idea to provide an overview of all packages installed on your >syste= > > m > > > (e.g. an `ls /var/db/pkg`). > > >=20 > > > Apparently a dependency on the right pkg-config version is missing. > > > Unfortunately, it's not clear to me how to get a newer pkg-config... > > > > Make sure you've cvsup'd the latest ports tree, and you will have > > pkgconfig-0.15.0. You really should be using sysutils/portupgrade to > > keep ports up-to-date. If you always run portupgrade -ra before > > installing any new ports, you will never encounter problems such as > > this. > >I run cvsup regularly, but not every day. Trying it now I get: > > Rejected by server: Access limit exceeded; try again later > >I don't have the "portupgrade" command. > >There are so many ways in which it can fail... :-( > >Anyway, I noticed there actually is a dependency on pkg-config to check >that it exists, but it doesn't check its version. I installed a new >pkg-config manually and building the port continued. I finally ran into >a problem that can't be fixed, I suppose: Xft complains that it requires >XFree 4.2, and I'm running 3.x. Bummer! > >GTK 2.2 could have mentioned that XFree 4.2 is required right away... >Or is there a way to build GTK 2.2 while using XFree 3.x? > >Since upgrading XFree isn't that simple, this will probably have to >wait until I see a chance to upgrade my OS. > >- Bram >-- >How To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity: >3. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries > with that. > > /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net >\\\ >/// Creator of Vim - Vi IMproved -- http://www.Vim.org >\\\ >\\\ Project leader for A-A-P -- http://www.A-A-P.org >/// > \\\ Help AIDS victims, buy at Amazon -- http://ICCF.nl/click1.html >/// _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
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