On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 04:47:05PM +1000, Olivier Mehani wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 02:38:52AM -0400, Brad wrote: > > > I'm trying to build a port (jabberd14-1.6.0b8 from [0], to be precise) > > > on a system on which libtool has already been installed as a binary > > > package: > > > When making the port, though, the system tries to install an older > > > version: > > > Do anyone of you have an idea/explanation or advice about this problem > > > and how to solve it? > > First off.. you did not specify which version of OpenBSD you are using. > > Based > > on the libtool version you have installed I would guess a snapshot just past > > the 4.0 release. > > OpenBSD 4.3, but updated from older version (that used to be a 4.0 fresh > install). > > > >From the version of libtool trying to be installed it looks as if the > > >ports tree > > on this system is from 3.6. The ports tree should be updated to match the > > release > > of the base system that you are currently using. > > Damnation, you're right. I dug out a port-tree upgrading script and used > it without checking. It actually contains a "cvs -z9 get -rOPENBSD_3_6 > -P ports"... Stupid me. Anyway, for the sake of curiosity, where are > these version number defined?
In devel/libtool You're using an old version of the ports tree, so dependency number checking is somewhat different from what it's become in more recent versions...
