Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 09:45:37 -0400 From: "Sean Cavanaugh" <millenia2000@hotmail.com> To: "Mark" <admin@asarian-host.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Open-vm-tools broken? Message-ID: <BAY126-DS44FE7FC51F8F0CC7AD83ECA5B0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <48082132.5040406@smiffytech.com><20080418045209.GB57251@dan.emsphone.com> <200809061227.m86CRkJj046539@asarian-host.net> References: <48082132.5040406@smiffytech.com><20080418045209.GB57251@dan.emsphone.com> <200809061227.m86CRkJj046539@asarian-host.net>
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From: "Mark" <admin@asarian-host.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 8:27 AM
To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Open-vm-tools broken?
> Hmm, getting this error:
>
> Vmware: {root} % make
> ===> open-vm-tools-102166_2 is marked as broken: leaves files behind on
> deinstall.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/open-vm-tools.
> Vmware: {root} %
>
> Cute. I still like to run the open-vm-tools, though. Anyone know which
> other
> version/toolset I should run then?
>
If you remove the BROKEN line from the Makefile, it will compile just fine.
I personally think marking a package as broken because of an issue like
files left behind is dumb. Post a message to the user "these files were left
behind, delete them manually" at least.
-Sean
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