Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 09:33:02 +0930 (CST) From: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, Nicolas Blais <nicblais@videotron.ca>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HELP!!! -CURRENT libtool problem. Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9907120931400.8860-100000@mercury.physics.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <22523.931734508@zippy.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Q: I want to use this cool piece of software that's in the FreeBSD > > ports system. But I can't build it on my 3.x-stable system. > > > > Why not? > > A. Likely because someone running only on a -current box last committed > a change to the port which broke it with 3.x. Please submit a bug > report on this with send-pr since the -current ports collection is supposed > to work with both the -current and -stable branches. If you're running a > release version that lags significantly behind -current or -stable, you > will require a ports upgrade kit from http://www.freebsd.org/ports Does someone plan to add this question and the other one about the dangers of -current to the FAQ? I think they are both well-answered. Kris ----- "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." -- Unknown To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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