On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 03:56:15PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote:
> hmm, on Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 03:30:26PM +0100, steven mestdagh said that
> > On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 03:00:44PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote:
> > > hi there,
> > > 
> > > i have upgraded my production server to 3.8 release.
> > > i have no X there, but as in my previous post about the new
> > > rrdtools i sense some shift in what actually no_x11 means
> > > or will mean in the future.
> > > 
> > > please note that i am describing a 3.8 release situation,
> > > if this is fixed in current, disregard it.
> > > 
> > > first of all here's the log of installing tetex no_x11:
> > > 
> > > integer> sudo pkg_add teTeX_base-3.0p1-no_x11
> > > teTeX_base-3.0p1-no_x11:png-1.2.8: complete
> > > teTeX_base-3.0p1-no_x11:t1lib-5.0.0: complete
> > > teTeX_base-3.0p1-no_x11:ghostscript-fonts-6.0: complete
> > > Can't install ghostscript-7.05p6: lib not found ICE.8.0
> > > Even by looking in the dependency tree:
> > >         ghostscript-fonts-6.0, png-1.2.8
> > 
> > this has been fixed in -current, see cvs logs.
> > 
> > > could this be fixed for 3.8 release?
> > 
> > no, only security/reliability issues are fixed in -stable.
> > you can try to backport the fixes from current, if you really need this.
> 
> isn't this reliability?

has your system become less reliable due to this? i think not.
there is simply no time to fix all little port mistakes in the -stable trees.

> it's not the problem of the actual software but the port.
> 
> and 3.8 will be supported for 12 months from now on....

uhu, and in about 5 months, there will be 3.9 with the fix included.

-- 
steven

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