Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 18:31:17 -0500 From: mh <mheyes@concentric.net> To: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: can't build Evolution: Solution? Message-ID: <3C55DF45.D092C88A@concentric.net> References: <20020122175741.O32336-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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Joe Clarke wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, mh wrote: > > > >Ray Kohler wrote: > > > > I did not receive a reply from the port maintainer, but I was > > > > able to "solve" the problem of the missing libfreetype.so.6. I > > > > deinstalled all the XFree86-*-4* sub-packages and reinstalled the > > > > mega-port in /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4. This provided > > > > libfreetype.so.6. I copied this file as libfreetype.so.6.save and > > > > then deinstalled the mega-port, reinstalled the sub-ports, and > > > > copied the libfreetype file to its original location. Then I > > > > deinstalled evolution and reinstalled it, and it built and > > > > installed without problem. > > > > > > Well, libfreetype is part of the print/freetype2 port, but it's at > > > so.7 now. It looks like part of your ports tree is stale and > > > possibly goofed up anyway. I'd try deleting it and getting a new > > > one if you can (my apologies if you already tried that). > > > > > > -- > > > Ray Kohler > > > "Have you lived here all your life?" > > > "Oh, twice that long." > > > > > > If anything is stale and goofed-up, it would be me. I use CVSup to keep > > ports current nightly. I decided to try again (sitting in front of the > > box, not at work): > > > > 1. removed /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (in keeping with problem > > report ports/30813) > > 2. checked and print/freetype2 port is installed, and libfreetype.so.7 > > was installed in /usr/local/lib > > 3. deinstalled / reinstalled evolution > > 4. tried running evolution. failed with "/usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: > > shared object "libfreetype.so.6" not found > > 5. made link from /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.so.6 to > > /usr/local/lib/freetype.so.7 > > 6. deinstalled / reinstalled evolution. probably not necessary. > > 7. ran evolution, works fine. > > > > So, it works, with the link. Until libfreetype.so.8 get installed. Now, > > is this a problem with the evolution port? > > Maxim recently upgraded freetype2 and evolution to chase the new library > number. The problem iis really with ever-changing lib numbers. When a > library major number changes (like freetype.7 to .8), you really have two > choices: 1. keep the old version of the lib around for your old > applications, 2. upgrade the library, and all the ports it depends on. > > The portupgrade tool makes 2 a snap. Just do: > > portupgrade -f -r freetype2 > > After cvsup'ing a current ports tree. > > Symlinking can be a bad idea since library differences can cause core > dumps or other unexpected behavior. > > Joe I tried portupgrade -f -r freetype2 but still evolution complained about a missing /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.so.6.Tried portupgrade -f -r evolution too, same result. I've got to ask if you have evolution installed and working without the symlink (I changed the symlink to point to the new libfreetype.so.8). Did all the above after cvsup'ing the ports tree. Is it just me, or are others having a similar problem? Got a newbie-type question too: It seems that binary upgrades can lead to different version of the same program being installed, and I assume this is even more the case doing a Release upgrade, say from 4.3 to 4.4. I use ports and portupgrade to keep programs current, but what about system files? Is there some place to read how to do this? Is it best done by getting the next release and upgrading through /stand/sysinstall? thanks, michael heyes -- If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. -- Juan Ramon Jimenez To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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