Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:13:02 -0800 From: "dc" <dccwest@hotmail.com> To: "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: incompatability between PowerPack 6/01 TOOLKIT and 9/01 OS disks Message-ID: <OE42w6kj2k32z2xrcbJ00012b0b@hotmail.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C19A90.EF3BB400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you for your response! It just seems as though no matter how fast = the moving targets, it still wouldn't be an issue if this were all just = one CD set or at least two sets always snapped at the same time... = After all, since they tend to go into the same PowerPack, it seems like = all the Packages ought to at least have the same date as the Release and = all the Distfiles ought to at least match the Release's ports = collection, however outdated it all at least harmoniously already = becomes by the time the PowerPack even hits the shelves!!! Dennis Ports are upgraded constantly; for fast-moving targets like GNOME there will often be several software releases in a week. As for packages, from time to time the port is unbuildable, due to a mistake in the port or bugs in the software. Kris ----- Original Message -----=20 From: dc=20 To: questions@freebsd.org=20 Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 3:33 PM Subject: incompatability between PowerPack 6/01 TOOLKIT and 9/01 OS = disks Greetings; Wondering if I maybe just missed the point somewhere or whether there = really are packages and distfiles on the June, 2001 TOOLKIT disks that = are incompatible with the September, 2001 OS disks, even though they're = all included in the same FreeBSD PowerPack 4.4... An example is the gedit program that apparently couldn't build as a port = from the TOOLKIT disks because of the already obsolete distfile, but = that also didn't seem to exist as a package on any of the OS disks! Of = course it's on one of the "TOOLKIT Packages" disks, but that would = apparently create conflicting dependencies such as Gnome 1.2 along side = the already installed Gnome 1.4!!! Thank you and have a great day, ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C19A90.EF3BB400 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT size=3D2> <P>Thank you for your response! It just seems as though no matter = how fast=20 the moving targets, it still wouldn't be an issue if this were all just = one CD=20 set or at least two sets always snapped at the same time... After = all,=20 since they tend to go into the same PowerPack, it seems like all = the=20 Packages ought to at least have the same date as the Release and = all the=20 Distfiles ought to at least match the Release's ports collection,=20 however outdated it all at least harmoniously already becomes by = the time=20 the PowerPack even hits the shelves!!!</P> <P>Dennis</P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P>Ports are upgraded constantly; for fast-moving targets like GNOME</P> <P>there will often be several software releases in a week. As for</P> <P>packages, from time to time the port is unbuildable, due to a = mistake</P> <P>in the port or bugs in the software.</P> <P>Kris</P> <P> </P> <P> </P></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3Ddccwest@hotmail.com href=3D"mailto:dccwest@hotmail.com">dc</A> = </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dquestions@freebsd.org=20 href=3D"mailto:questions@freebsd.org">questions@freebsd.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 10, 2002 3:33 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> incompatability between PowerPack 6/01 TOOLKIT and = 9/01 OS=20 disks</DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Greetings;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wondering if I maybe just missed the = point=20 somewhere or whether there really are packages and distfiles on the = June,=20 2001 TOOLKIT disks that are incompatible with the September, 2001 OS = disks, even=20 though they're all included in the same FreeBSD PowerPack=20 4.4...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>An example is the gedit program that = apparently=20 couldn't build as a port from the TOOLKIT disks because of the already = obsolete=20 distfile, but that also didn't seem to exist as a package on any of the = OS=20 disks! Of course it's on one of the "TOOLKIT Packages" disks,=20 but that would apparently create conflicting dependencies such = as=20 Gnome 1.2 along side the already installed Gnome 1.4!!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thank you and have a great=20 day,</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C19A90.EF3BB400-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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