Re: failure building Thunderbird: libnss3.so: No such file or directory

Per olof Ljungmark wrote: > '/usr/ports/mail/thunderbird/work/thunderbird-45.3.0' > ===> Compilation failed unexpectedly. > Try to set MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=yes and rebuild before reporting the failure to ^^^ > the maintainer. Did you try

Re: unexpected package dependency

Andriy Gapon <a...@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 17/02/2016 11:28, Perry Hutchison wrote: > > I had not expected to find gcc listed (in packagesite.yaml) as a > > dependency of the sysutils/cpuburn package. I can understand a > > _port_ needing gcc (at build time), but

unexpected package dependency

I had not expected to find gcc listed (in packagesite.yaml) as a dependency of the sysutils/cpuburn package. I can understand a _port_ needing gcc (at build time), but does the cpuburn _package_ actually require gcc at _runtime_? ___

Re: [package - head-i386-default][sysutils/diskcheckd] Failed for diskcheckd-20110729 in build

pkg-fall...@freebsd.org wrote: You are receiving this mail as a port that you maintain is failing to build on the FreeBSD package build server. Please investigate the failure and submit a PR to fix build. PR#197841 was submitted about a week ago. Is there a way to get off the nag list

Re: How to use mkntfs, I get not a block device

O'Connor, Daniel dar...@dons.net.au wrote: On 3 Feb 2015, at 22:59, Thomas Mueller mueller6...@bellsouth.net wrote: I can't format a partition for NTFS with fusefs-ntfs port, using mkntfs. ... root@amelia:~ # mkntfs /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 is not a block device. Refusing

misconfigured package-build server causing bogus pkg-fallout messages

Immediately after Poudriere reports the OSVERSIONs: !!! Jail is newer than host. (Jail: 1100052, Host: 1100050) !!! !!! This is not supported. !!! !!! Host kernel must be same or newer than jail. !!! !!! Expect build failures. !!! Given that, I suppose the rest of the error report is bogus,

Re: value of maintaining emacs-mode packages in ports

Christopher J. Ruwe c...@cruwe.de wrote: ... Emacs, the very good operating system missing only a decent editor ... Perhaps someone should port vi to it? [dons flame-proof suit] ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list

staging mail/heirloom-mailx [for review]

I noticed that mail/heirloom-mailx is no longer maintained, and has not been staged. It looks straightforward. Did I miss anything? --- Makefile2014-05-31 21:58:23.0 -0700 +++ Makefile-staged 2014-06-03 00:34:03.0 -0700 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=

Re: Is staging a port really this simple?

John Marino freebsd.cont...@marino.st wrote: You didn't miss much -- except adding the man page to the pkg-plist and removing the MAN* definitions from the makefile. ... On 5/25/2014 09:09, Zsolt Udvari wrote: Your condition is unneeded. You don't need check the existence of

Is staging a port really this simple?

Some months ago, Baptiste Daroussin b...@freebsd.org wrote: ... if you need any help staging your ports I can provide reviews. I have a couple of ports that need staging support added, and I've finally managed to find time to look into it. Having read such documentation as I could easily find

opvp support in ghostscript

What do I need to do, to get ghostscript's opvp support to work? GS works fine displaying to the screen, but when I specify -sDEVICE=opvp I get Unable to open the initial device, quitting. If I also specify -dINITDEBUG=1 to turn on debug output during gs_init.ps, I get a lot of messages

opvp support seems broken in ghostscript port

Has anyone been able to use the opvp support in ghostscript? It works fine displaying to the screen, but when I specify -sDEVICE=opvp I get Unable to open the initial device, quitting. If I also specify -dINITDEBUG=1 (which turns on debug output in the initialization file, gs_init.ps) I

Where are the package links?

In the last paragraph on http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html ... For most ports, a precompiled package also exists ... each port contains a link to its corresponding package ... I must be blind, because I haven't been able to find those links on any of several ports' pages. Where should I

Re: setting the password of a automatically created account

Aryeh Friedman aryeh.fried...@gmail.com wrote: 1. How do I add the user to wheel (has it's own group but needs to be in wheel for reason number #2)? 2. How do I modify (in the safest possible way) an other port's installed config file(s) (namely I need to in the case of this port

Re: setting the password of a automatically created account

Aryeh Friedman aryeh.fried...@mail.com wrote: I have a port that needs to create a a user of a given name and a given default password... I found in the porters guide how to make the account but not set the password This is one of the canonical uses of lang/expect.

Re: non-destructive ports/packages update

Chris Rees cr...@freebsd.org wrote: On 23 April 2013 20:41, Peter Jeremy pe...@rulingia.com wrote: On 2013-Apr-20 18:03:17 -0700, Perry Hutchison per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: The question is, what (if anything) else -- besides /usr/ports, /usr/local, /var/db/ports, and /var/db/pkg

Re: non-destructive ports/packages update

Chris Rees utis...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 Apr 2013 02:13, Perry Hutchison per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: ... The question is, what (if anything) else -- besides /usr/ports, /usr/local, /var/db/ports, and /var/db/pkg -- needs to be checkpointed? Are you installing any drivers? You may need

Re: non-destructive ports/packages update

Peter Pentchev r...@ringlet.net wrote: Some ports might store run state in /var/db/portname or a similarly named directory. The thing is, the decision whether to save this and restore it or to keep it across runs actually depends on the port: for database management systems such as MySQL,

non-destructive ports/packages update

I'm looking for a way to move everything connected with ports and packages aside, so that I can start fresh but with the ability to easily roll it back when things go badly (as they surely will). I have in mind to something like this: # cd /usr # mkdir old # mv ports local old # mkdir ports

Re: non-destructive ports/packages update

Xin Li delp...@delphij.net wrote: On 4/19/13 11:34 PM, Perry Hutchison wrote: I'm looking for a way to move everything connected with ports and packages aside, so that I can start fresh but with the ability to easily roll it back when things go badly (as they surely will). I have

Re: Ports request

Paul Pathiakis pathia...@yahoo.com wrote: The StEam platform from ValVe corp is a large step in gaming at this point ... StEam is in the process of moving over to Linux. Please don't fall behind in the effort of bringing this platform to BSD. Had you considered trying to run their Linux