Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 11:36:44 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: Thanos Tsouanas <thief_grr@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ld problems with Xft library Message-ID: <200302231136.45008.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <1046027524.43287.39.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <20030223161629.30508.qmail@web13503.mail.yahoo.com> <200302231056.07770.kstewart@owt.com> <1046027524.43287.39.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On Sunday 23 February 2003 11:12 am, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 13:56, Kent Stewart wrote: > > On Sunday 23 February 2003 08:27 am, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 11:16, Thanos Tsouanas wrote: > > > > --- Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 07:04, Thanos Tsouanas wrote: > > > > > > Hello everyone! > > > > > > > > > > > > I have the current Xft port installed and when i > > > > > > pkg_deleted (-f) xscreensaver and gkrellm2 so > > > > > > > > > > as > > > > > > > > > > > to reinstall the new versions from the port, i got an error > > > > > > while make, complaining about /usr/libexec/ld not being > > > > > > able to find -lXft2 > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried deinstalling and reinstalling Xft2 but i still have > > > > > > the same problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > Now i cannot install anything that uses Xft :( > > > > > > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > I'm running freebsd4.7 , with the ports tree being cvsup'ed > > > > > > to the 'current' version. > > > > > > > > > > You missed my HEADS UP. In order to properly recover after > > > > > the recent Xft upgrade, you need to do a portupgrade -rf Xft. > > > > > Yes, this takes an exceptionally long time, but things like > > > > > this are rare, and it's really the only way to get back on > > > > > track and stay there. > > > > > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > Thanks!! > > > > I'm dloading the portupgrade port right now, i've never used > > > > it.. Shud i use it whenever im upgrading a port, or is the > > > > pkg_delete / make reinstall solution better? > > > > > > You should get into a habit of using portupgrade. It does more > > > or less does the make/pkg_delete/make reinstall thing, but it > > > also saves old libraries so you can binaries gradually, as well > > > as verify dependency order and consistency. It's also very > > > flexible and configurable. > > > > It isn't fool proof. I did that but right now (after I did a Xft-2 > > upgrade) I have a user login without proper fonts on kde-3. On the > > system creating the packages, I have user fonts but not on the > > system I used '-Pufr' to do the upgrades. When I say user, I mean I > > have fonts on a root login but not as my user name. > > Run fc-cache -f -v and see if that helps. It changed the environment, i.e., a window suddenly had larger fonts, but when I run KCharSelect, all I still see are little boxes. So far, I have -PufR XFree86, and -Pufr Xft and done the fc-cache. The system is an AMD 900 and rebuilding everything would take hours longer than the 2000+ XP did :). Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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