On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 09:09:28 +0200 (CEST)
Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > a different library name) like it should, pkg_add only gives a warning
> > and an assumption that the install went well.
> >
> > Now, the user goes to run the package and gets a big fat error:
> > libintl.so.X
> though some of the rest of the stuff doesn't matter to me that much. I can
> also use KMail in any other window manager, but it does tend to be a resource
exactly. KDE programs can be used without whole KDE.
>
> Well, I've broken a couple of things in learning FreeBSD but managed to fix
> them.
On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 12:09:53AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 12:22:21AM -0600, Travis Poppe wrote:
> For i386 they're updated every week or so, sometimes more frequently.
>
> > Are these new
> > packages that are being rebuilt automatically defaulted to by pkg_add -r?
This is probably going beyond the scope of on-topic here, but just to touch on
a few things ...
On Monday 19 July 2004 02:20 am, Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > Also, FreeBSD isn't really a desktop OS. I'm not
> > sure if you're being precise with that word, but, although it works
>
> Well, FWIU, building from source is also the preferred method, as it creates a
> much better system overall, rather than just installing binaries which have
> been built on someone else's system. This allows every install to be
> specifically built for the system on which it's installed. Not on
On Sunday 18 July 2004 11:22 pm, Travis Poppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The other posts have already addressed some of your concerns, but ...
> Many would also agree that building massive amounts of software from source
> is NOT efficient for a desktop user and binary packages are a more suitabl
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 00:22:21 -0600
Travis Poppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Not finished reading it but... I think you want portupgrade.
With the -P switch, it will use packages when they are avialliable.
With the -PP switch it all ways uses packages.
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On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 12:22:21AM -0600, Travis Poppe wrote:
> Another issue. What about upgrading? How often are packages rebuilt and can
> they be easily upgraded without worrying about issues such as the one described
> above?
>
> I've been told they are rebuilt about once a month or so.
Fo
> a different library name) like it should, pkg_add only gives a warning and an
> assumption that the install went well.
>
> Now, the user goes to run the package and gets a big fat error: libintl.so.X
> not found.
package 0.13 should be compatible with 0.12 or should has name 1.*
anyway - in 99.
In the last episode (Jul 19), Travis Poppe said:
> Say for example I have a copy of gettext-0.13 on my system and one of
> the binary packages I'm attempting to install was compiled and linked
> against gettext-0.12?
>
> Instead of downloading and installing the other version of gettext
> along wi
Hello all,
I have a few questions about our package system.
Many would agree that the FreeBSD ports system can be quite efficient and
easy to use. Upgrading ports isn't usually a problem (unless something breaks),
and installing them is usually only a command away.
Many would also agree that b
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