Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 21:16:25 -0500 From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: Studded@dal.net, insane@oneinsane.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: This Haunts Me on some ports Message-ID: <199805122116250627.002D9A5D@mailgate.execpc.com> In-Reply-To: <3558DE9F.CFF3C109@dal.net> References: <19980512105419.36096@the.oneinsane.net> <3558DE9F.CFF3C109@dal.net>
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*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 5/12/98, at 7:37 PM, Studded wrote: >Ron 'The Insane One' Rosson wrote: >> >> Ok, >> When compiling some ports I get this error: >> >> You have an old file (/usr/local/lib/tkConfig.sh) that could cause problems for some ports to compile. Please remove it and try again. You may have to reinstall tk from the ports tree afterwards. > >> Does anyone know how to fix this? > > Yes, follow the instructions in the error message. :) Can I ask (and I >am serious about this, because I help write documentation for freebsd) >what is confusing about that message? It says clearly, "Please remove >it and try again." How could we make that more clear? This message is very clear. I get the same response with only the latest versions of tcl and tk installed. This makes me wonder if an old file is really the problem here. When I do move those files as you suggest, then everything is just fine. Moving them back and forth is a pain. Thanks for the help. Frank > > As for the details, if you are concerned about keeping that file, I >would move it to a location like your home directory and then try >compiling the port again. It will probably find a few more files you >need to delete, delete or move them and try again. Eventually you will >get it going. :) > >Good luck, > >Doug > >PS, Try to fix your mail program so that it wraps lines at about 75 >columns. Otherwise it is very difficult to read. > >-- >*** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** >*** Proud designer and maintainer of the world's largest Internet >*** Relay Chat server with 5,328 simultaneous connections. >*** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) > >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
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