Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 23:50:01 -0800 (PST) From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) To: freebsd-ports Subject: Re: ports/2476: Unable to make port due to missing components Message-ID: <199701130750.XAA26329@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/2476; it has been noted by GNATS. From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freefall.freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: ports/2476: Unable to make port due to missing components Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 23:40:03 -0800 (PST) * I am unable to install the latest port of Majordomo because * there are certain components referenced in the makefile (such * as the $INSTALL_DATA variable) which are not present in my * release of the O/S. Unfortunately, this port, as many others, * was tailored for 2.2-BETA. Please tell me what components I * need to get, and how I can get them, in order to be able to * successfully make the Majordomo 1.94.1 port. Take the latest bsd.port.mk, bsd.port.subdir.mk (src/share/mk) and var.c (src/usr.bin/make). At least that will bring your ports building infrastructure up to date. * As a side note (and only as a suggestion), it would be great * if ports were available for a couple of STABLE versions of * the O/S. Borrowing components from a BETA version into a * STABLE version does not seem like a good idea. The ports-current tree tracks -current only, and may or may not work with older versions. This is necessary for us to ensure, with our limited mapower, to have all of 700+ packages ready come release time. On the other hand, I have no idea why you thought what you got was a STABLE version. Please let us know how you got that port as we need to make sure there is no misunderstanding. Satoshi
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