Date: 23 Feb 2003 20:21:24 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Thanos Tsouanas <thief_grr@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ld problems with Xft library Message-ID: <1046049683.43287.78.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20030224004110.94391.qmail@web13501.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030224004110.94391.qmail@web13501.mail.yahoo.com>
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--=-stbBi7IGD674iK5hRwGU Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 19:41, Thanos Tsouanas wrote: > --- Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> 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! > > > > >=20 > > > > > 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 > > > > >=20 > > > > > I tried deinstalling and reinstalling Xft2 but i still have the s= ame problem. > > > > >=20 > > > > > Now i cannot install anything that uses Xft :( > > > > >=20 > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > I'm running freebsd4.7 , with the ports tree being cvsup'ed to th= e 'current' version. > > > >=20 > > > > You missed my HEADS UP. In order to properly recover after the rec= ent > > > > 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 re= ally > > > > the only way to get back on track and stay there. > > > >=20 > > > > Joe > > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > 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 / ma= ke reinstall > > > solution better? > >=20 > > 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. >=20 > I'm done with the portupgrade -rf Xft and...... same error msg about -lXf= t2 >=20 > Any other ideas? Did you do a make clean before resuming the build? Joe >=20 >=20 > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-stbBi7IGD674iK5hRwGU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+WXOTb2iPiv4Uz4cRAmykAJ9XQo67CzgyWXCF2F81vobkKlr1SwCcCf6X OrF3ctzznVbPh7tnu1Virm0= =+w+w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-stbBi7IGD674iK5hRwGU-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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