Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 09:59:34 -0800 (PST) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: (Satoshi Asami) <asami@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: editor/nedit patching fails Message-ID: <XFMail.980331095934.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> In-Reply-To: <199803311719.JAA17887@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
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On 31-Mar-98 Satoshi Asami wrote: .. > First, make sure that you don't have any old patches lying around. > The best way is to go to ftp.freebsd.org, fetch the portball (not > distfile) of the port, and run a md5 check on all files. Is this not the same as cvsup of the ports? > * Ports are very uneven. I am trying to sort them out. > > Oh, definitely. You don't even want to hear what I have to do to > build all the packages quickly on the same machine. But if you build > one at a time, that shouldn't be too hard. Oh, yes I do. I only do it one at the time since it breaks into too many pieces otherwise. > * Nope. Not totally. I had ONE case of a corrupt package. This was > * admitted and apologized for. > > And a bunch of "but it works for me" reports. :> Which indicates environmental deltas. If I follow the procedure and it breaks, the procedure is broken. Either by not checking or by not setting the environment properly. Example, if I supposedly have the wrong version of patch(1), then the port is sensitive to patch version and should check for it. > * you do, I'll buy you dinner next time I am in the BA). > > I'd like to take you up on that offer (what's your budget? :), but > don't have much time now. Please check back in a week or so. What's reasonable and customary between friends :-) ---------- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 503.799.2313 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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