I'm having my problems with the ports tree. I just got the network up
and running on my Zaurus, and decided to try to get kismet up via
ports. I had previously hand-installed two packages (gettext and
libiconv). In trying to get kismet up, the system has decided it needed
to reinstall gmake, which meant reinstalling both iconv and libintl.
OpenBSD complained vociferously about pre-existing files for those two
(they did pre-exist) and I didn't know how to tell the system to accept
what I gifted it. I sure wish there was some way to tell the system
that it doesn't need to be the sole and only source of all software.
In doing libintl, it's (that is, gmake's port) beenasking for
libintl.so.7.3, and complaining that it's not marked with a @lib
statement. I'm still reading about that. I did notice, though, that
devel/gettext installs a libintl.so.2.0, and it's got no entry inthe
PLIST for the shared lib at all, and (if this matters?) no lines in the
PLIST with @lib. I suppose, most likely, that the libintl.so.7.3 was
probably the one I installed by hand, so why was gmake complaining about
it? Don't tell me it's insulted that there were any other files at all?
I will know more next time I write. I can't yet find the doc on the
ports system as OpenBSD does it. Is what I found correct? Is there
some way to force the gmake port to find the libintl.so.7.3 that really
was in /usr/local/lib all the time? ldconfig -r finds it fine.
I really think you ought to consider allowing folks to be able to loosen
up on the so strict ports control of files. It's (if this continues
like this) going to force me away from all use of ports, if it's won;t
let me do anything of my own.
- installing gmake Chuck Robey
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