Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 13:59:50 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Many packages unable to load. Message-ID: <36BB69D6.62319AC4@whistle.com>
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I tried installing some packages recently from a 3.x SNAP but was unable to proceed easily due to a single problem. The reason is that many packages seem to have a prerequisite of me first loading the "XFree86.3.3.2" package.. firstly: there is no such package on the places where I was getting the packages. secondly: I just loaded the X distribution when I loaded the machine so why didn't it register that 'package file' into /var/db/pkg. The version of X loaded was actually down rev by 0.0.1, but that shouldn't matter, so the packages should be looking for a slightly less specific version. I don't want to reload a new X system every time I install a new package that uses X. I ended up being able to load by copying the var/db/pkg/gmake??? to /var/db/pkg/XFree86.3.3.2 and zeroing out anythign to do with gmake.. so it LOOKED as if I'd loaded XFree86.3.3.2 Is anyone lookign at these issues? what SHOULD I have done? julian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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