In the last episode (Aug 09), Patrick O'Reilly said: > I have a number of XFree86 Font ports which will not upgrade from 4.2 > to 4.3, and in each case the error is as below. > > I'm afraid the error "/usr/libexec/elf/ld: cannot find -lXfont" does > not mean much to me! > > Can anyone give a pointer here? > > <snip> > ---> Installing the new version via the port > ===> XFree86-fontEncodings-4.3.0 depends on executable: ucs2any - not found > ===> Verifying reinstall for ucs2any in /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-clients > ===> Building for XFree86-clients-4.3.0_2 > making all in lib/lbxutil/lbx_zlib... > making all in lib/lbxutil/delta... > making all in lib/lbxutil/image... > making all in programs/appres... > making all in programs/bdftopcf... > rm -f bdftopcf > cc -o bdftopcf -O -pipe -ansi -Dasm=__asm -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wundef > -L/u > sr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-clients/work/xc/exports/lib bdftopcf.o -lXfont > -lfntstu > bs -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lz -lm -Wl,-rpath,/usr/X11R6/lib > /usr/libexec/elf/ld: cannot find -lXfont > *** Error code 1 > Stop in /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-clients/work/xc/programs/bdftopcf. > *** Error code 1 > </snip>
$ pkg_which /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.a XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_5 Make sure your XFree86-libraries install is up-to-date. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"