Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:51:07 +0100 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Too many binary packages are missing Message-ID: <20101013175107.GA74687@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4CB5E081.8070809@rawbw.com> References: <4CB5E081.8070809@rawbw.com>
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 09:38:25AM -0700, Yuri wrote: > > I am updating i386 system (portupgrade -aP) and whole lot of binary > packages are missing. > For example, gcc-4.5.0, qt4-corelib are examples of large packages that > are missing that don't require too many dependencies and are very basic. gcc is in base as cc(1). There are a metric ton of qt4 ports and they are not basic in that they are not required if you don't use KDE or its applications. > > I know, it may be caused by failed dependencies, copyright restrictions, > etc. But it's hard to imagive why they are missing for these two: no > copyright restrictions, and almost no dependencies. > > This unfortunately slows down many people. > Is there any solution to this problem? Maybe people just forget about > this build server and some minor fix wil help? It's a case of having space on the servers IIRC. Also some require too many options to be set at build time (probably the problem with qt). I know it's the reason why OO.o is not packaged - too many languages & other options. > > Yuri Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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