Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues

2009-02-01 Thread Phillip Warner
--- On Sun, 2/1/09, Phillip Warner wrote: > Also, something like GoboLinux (www.gobolinux.org/) may be > of interest to you. or this project to 'Convert Slackware packages into relocatable "AppDirs"' listed at LQ at http://tinyurl.com/b3lbf7 --phillip __

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues

2009-02-01 Thread Phillip Warner
Rich, It might be a good idea to compile some of your software to use static libraries in the future. Maybe you can do that gradually over time. Also, something like GoboLinux (www.gobolinux.org/) may be of interest to you. --phillip ___ Sla

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues -- RESOLVED!!

2009-02-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Robby Workman wrote: I didn't take any offense to anything you said, but even if I had, there's no need to apologize to me - you're understandably under some stress because of all this, and so long as a person doesn't delve into personal attacks, I'll not get offended and/or

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues

2009-02-01 Thread Robby Workman
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 17:17:21 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Robby Workman wrote: > > > Based on the prior troubles you've had, I've noticed a common > > thread: all of them involved restoring stuff from a backup tape. > > This is going to come across a bit "asshole-ish," an

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] [slackware] Package Build Issues -- Update

2009-02-01 Thread Robby Workman
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 19:14:49 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Robby Workman wrote: > > > None. /usr/local is for *local* system-specific software compiled > > by the system admin and typically *not* packaged. > >That's what I thought. And why I put applications there th

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] [slackware] Package Build Issues -- Update

2009-02-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Robby Workman wrote: None. /usr/local is for *local* system-specific software compiled by the system admin and typically *not* packaged. That's what I thought. And why I put applications there that are not part of the distribution. Thanks, Rich -- Richard B. Shepard,

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues -- Update

2009-02-01 Thread Robby Workman
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 18:18:43 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Scott Harmon wrote: > > > Did you restore /usr/local/{lib,bin}... ? > > Scott, > >Yes. The restore default is to not overwrite disk files with the > same or newer mtimes. We suspect that somehow a file on tap

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues -- Update

2009-02-01 Thread Robby Workman
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 17:48:13 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Rich Shepard wrote: > > > When I grep for gtk in /var/log/packages these are returned: > > > > gtk+2-2.12.12-i486-1 > >I found one problem. When building tinyerp-client the configure > phase fails for the sa

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues -- Update

2009-02-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 2 Feb 2009, Timothy Pollard wrote: A bit of a Google around notes this bug report in Debian: http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-d...@lists.debian.org/msg525115.html which basically says that this is probably caused by libfreetype issues. Timothy, I didn't catch that; thank you.

[Slackbuilds-users] Updates - 20090202

2009-02-01 Thread xgizzmo
Mon Feb 2 01:42:33 UTC 2009 accessibility/unclutter: Added - unclutter is a tool designed to remove the clutter of a mouse pointer from a screen in use. Thanks to B. Watson. -rworkman audio/mp3splt: Updated for version 2.2.3. Thanks to Roberto Neri. audio/mp3splt-gtk: Updated for version 0.5

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues -- Update

2009-02-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Scott Harmon wrote: Did you restore /usr/local/{lib,bin}... ? Good question, Scott! I find a lot of broken links in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib that I'll fix right after dinner. I'll post results when I have some. Thanks again, Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues -- Update

2009-02-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Scott Harmon wrote: Did you restore /usr/local/{lib,bin}... ? Scott, Yes. The restore default is to not overwrite disk files with the same or newer mtimes. We suspect that somehow a file on tape had a newer time than the one on disk. I did not pick specific applications

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues -- Update

2009-02-01 Thread Timothy Pollard
Hi Rich, On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 17:48:13 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Rich Shepard wrote: > > > When I grep for gtk in /var/log/packages these are returned: > > > > gtk+2-2.12.12-i486-1 > >I found one problem. When building tinyerp-client the configure phase > fails f

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues -- Update

2009-02-01 Thread Scott Harmon
On Feb 1, 2009, at 7:48 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Rich Shepard wrote: When I grep for gtk in /var/log/packages these are returned: gtk+2-2.12.12-i486-1 I found one problem. When building tinyerp-client the configure phase fails for the same reason: cannot find gtk+2. So,

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues

2009-02-01 Thread Robby Workman
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 16:23:26 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard wrote: >How does restoring business applications from the backup tape > affect building libraries from souce? Am I supposed to rebuild LyX, > PostgreSQL, SQL-Ledger, and all the other applications I use for > business because the underlying

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues -- Update

2009-02-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Rich Shepard wrote: When I grep for gtk in /var/log/packages these are returned: gtk+2-2.12.12-i486-1 I found one problem. When building tinyerp-client the configure phase fails for the same reason: cannot find gtk+2. So, I tried importing the module in interactive pyt

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues

2009-02-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Robby Workman wrote: Based on the prior troubles you've had, I've noticed a common thread: all of them involved restoring stuff from a backup tape. This is going to come across a bit "asshole-ish," and I'll go ahead and apologize in advance for that, but... I think you need

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues

2009-02-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Robby Workman wrote: Based on the prior troubles you've had, I've noticed a common thread: all of them involved restoring stuff from a backup tape. This is going to come across a bit "asshole-ish," and I'll go ahead and apologize in advance for that, but... I think you need

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues

2009-02-01 Thread Robby Workman
Rich: For future reference, if you're going to post to multiple lists, just CC them; that way, all responses can stay together, and responders won't suggest things that have already been suggested elsewhere... On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 15:15:31 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Ch

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues

2009-02-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Chess Griffin wrote: I can confirm that the wxGTK SlackBuild works fine on a full install of Slackware 12.2 -- I just did it today. :-) That's encouraging, Chess. Is this a full clean install of Slackware 12.2? If not, what is not installed? And if it's an upgrade, w

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues

2009-02-01 Thread Chess Griffin
* Rich Shepard [2009-02-01 14:23:20]: >I'm trying to apply the SlackBuild script for tinyerp-client, but it tells > me that wxGTK is not present. It was, until I deleted it and just tried to > re-install it. This is all on my newly refurbished -12.2 server/workstation. > Unfortunately, it rem

[Slackbuilds-users] Package Build Issues

2009-02-01 Thread Rich Shepard
I'm trying to apply the SlackBuild script for tinyerp-client, but it tells me that wxGTK is not present. It was, until I deleted it and just tried to re-install it. This is all on my newly refurbished -12.2 server/workstation. Unfortunately, it reminds me of the dependency hell I went through w