From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jul 11 17: 3: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.36.247]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73C5B14C4B for ; Sun, 11 Jul 1999 17:03:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au) Received: from mercury (mercury [129.127.36.44]) by adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.8/8.8.8/UofA-1.5) with SMTP id JAA19471; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 09:33:02 +0930 (CST) Received: from localhost by mercury; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/27Nov97-0404PM) id AA08887; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 09:33:02 +0930 Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 09:33:02 +0930 (CST) From: Kris Kennaway To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Nik Clayton , "Daniel C. Sobral" , Nicolas Blais , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HELP!!! -CURRENT libtool problem. In-Reply-To: <22523.931734508@zippy.cdrom.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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