Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 16:33:17 -0500 From: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> To: Philippe CASIDY <pcasidy@casidy.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Depending on a previous version of a lib Message-ID: <20000907163317.Z8606@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200009071943.VAA09279@greatoak.home>; from pcasidy@casidy.com on Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 09:43:11PM %2B0200 References: <200009071943.VAA09279@greatoak.home>
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On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 09:43:11PM +0200, Philippe CASIDY wrote: > This port depend in fact on graphics/gdk-pixbuf (I did not noticed that > when I made the port). But it depend on version 0.6.0 at most and cannot > be built with the current version (0.9.0). gdk-pixbuf, as with anything that comes from the "unstable" part of the GNOME sites is very much "at-risk", ie: APIs are likely to change considerably, breakages will happen, your truck won't start, someone steals your last cold beer etc.. It gets worse .. even some of the "stable" stuff breaks other bits and pieces.. I've got gnome-print 0.22 sitting here waiting to go, but not committed since it breaks every single port that depends on it. Laugh? I almost spilt my drink.. > That is why I am wondering about how to make it depend on this > particular version not on the current one. You can't. Sorry. Make it work with what's in the current ports tree or kill it until it does. -aDe [you are in a maze of twisty dependencies, all different] -- Ade Lovett, Austin, TX. ade@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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