Re: Package location

2008-03-03 Thread Doug Hardie
On Mar 2, 2008, at 23:50, Scot Hetzel wrote: On 3/2/08, Doug Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding ports to FreeBSD 7 I normally build from source and create a package. With previous versions the created packages went into /usr/ ports/packages/All. However the packages directory was not

interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread Dominic Fandrey
I don't mind ports that use the config framework. You can deal with them without trouble by setting BATCH, using portmaster or portconfig-recursive from bsdadminscripts. But I find ports like ghostscript-gpl that open an ncurses dialogue between configure and build stage very annoying. They

Current unassigned ports problem reports

2008-03-03 Thread FreeBSD bugmaster
Current FreeBSD problem reports The following is a listing of current problems submitted by FreeBSD users. These represent problem reports covering all versions including experimental development code and obsolete releases. Bugs can be in one of several states: o - open A problem report has

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread RW
On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:24:21 +0100 Dominic Fandrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't mind ports that use the config framework. You can deal with them without trouble by setting BATCH, using portmaster or portconfig-recursive from bsdadminscripts. But I find ports like ghostscript-gpl that

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread Naram Qashat
RW wrote: On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:24:21 +0100 Dominic Fandrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't mind ports that use the config framework. You can deal with them without trouble by setting BATCH, using portmaster or portconfig-recursive from bsdadminscripts. But I find ports like ghostscript-gpl

polypaudio

2008-03-03 Thread David Southwell
Hi Hi I have been out of commission for some time due to some health problems. When to ujpgrade and received the forllowing error message can anyone please advise? Thanks david # portupgrade -a Stale dependency: amavisd-new-2.5.3,1 -- p5-DBD-mysql-4.006 -- manually run 'pkgdb -F' to fix, or

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread RW
On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:27:31 -0500 Naram Qashat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RW wrote: On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:24:21 +0100 Dominic Fandrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't mind ports that use the config framework. You can deal with them without trouble by setting BATCH, using portmaster or

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread Wesley Shields
On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 05:04:57PM +, RW wrote: On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:27:31 -0500 Naram Qashat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RW wrote: On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:24:21 +0100 Dominic Fandrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't mind ports that use the config framework. You can deal with

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread pjd
Naram Qashat wrote: I believe a good example of what he might be talking about is the jdk ports. Because of the licensing of those ports, they will bring up an EULA that you need to read and then type yes afterwards. Even with BATCH set, it still stops at that EULA. With me the

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread RW
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 12:27:50 -0500 Wesley Shields [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 05:04:57PM +, RW wrote: IIRC these ports refuse to fetch the distfiles, and ask you to fetch them manually from the websites, where you have to agree to the terms, they aren't actually

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread Dominic Fandrey
RW wrote: On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:24:21 +0100 Dominic Fandrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't mind ports that use the config framework. You can deal with them without trouble by setting BATCH, using portmaster or portconfig-recursive from bsdadminscripts. But I find ports like ghostscript-gpl

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread Wesley Shields
On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 06:36:57PM +, RW wrote: On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 12:27:50 -0500 Wesley Shields [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 05:04:57PM +, RW wrote: IIRC these ports refuse to fetch the distfiles, and ask you to fetch them manually from the websites,

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread Mark Linimon
On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 09:12:37AM -0800, pjd wrote: With me the JDK ports stop and demand I manually download the files, which is even more irritating Given Sun's licensing requirements, what is your suggestion? mcl ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread Vivek Khera
On Mar 3, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Wesley Shields wrote: I know mail/postfix asks if it should activate itself in /etc/mail/mailer.conf. I'll take that as a bug report :-) Though I'm not sure which way it should default, on BATCH. And does BATCH apply to package install as well?

Re: Package location

2008-03-03 Thread Ion-Mihai Tetcu
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 00:39:54 -0800 Doug Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 2, 2008, at 23:50, Scot Hetzel wrote: On 3/2/08, Doug Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding ports to FreeBSD 7 I normally build from source and create a package. With previous versions the created packages

Re: Package location

2008-03-03 Thread Doug Hardie
On Mar 3, 2008, at 11:43, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 00:39:54 -0800 Doug Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 2, 2008, at 23:50, Scot Hetzel wrote: On 3/2/08, Doug Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding ports to FreeBSD 7 I normally build from source and create a

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread Wesley Shields
On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 03:01:00PM -0500, Vivek Khera wrote: On Mar 3, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Wesley Shields wrote: I know mail/postfix asks if it should activate itself in /etc/mail/mailer.conf. I'll take that as a bug report :-) I didn't intend for that to be a bug report. :) Though

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread Philipp Ost
Wesley Shields wrote: On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 05:04:57PM +, RW wrote: On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:27:31 -0500 Naram Qashat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RW wrote: On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:24:21 +0100 Dominic Fandrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't mind ports that use the config framework. You

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread Dominic Fandrey
Vivek Khera wrote: On Mar 3, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Wesley Shields wrote: I know mail/postfix asks if it should activate itself in /etc/mail/mailer.conf. I'll take that as a bug report :-) Though I'm not sure which way it should default, on BATCH. And does BATCH apply to package install as

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Monday 03 March 2008, Mark Linimon said: On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 09:12:37AM -0800, pjd wrote: With me the JDK ports stop and demand I manually download the files, which is even more irritating Given Sun's licensing requirements, what is your suggestion? --

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Monday 03 March 2008, Beech Rintoul said: On Monday 03 March 2008, Mark Linimon said: On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 09:12:37AM -0800, pjd wrote: With me the JDK ports stop and demand I manually download the files, which is even more irritating Given Sun's licensing requirements, what is

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread Ion-Mihai Tetcu
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:33:00 -0500 Wesley Shields [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 03:01:00PM -0500, Vivek Khera wrote: On Mar 3, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Wesley Shields wrote: I know mail/postfix asks if it should activate itself in /etc/mail/mailer.conf. I'll take

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread RW
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:01:00 -0500 Vivek Khera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 3, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Wesley Shields wrote: I know mail/postfix asks if it should activate itself in /etc/mail/mailer.conf. I'll take that as a bug report :-) Though I'm not sure which way it should

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread RW
On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:55:52 +0100 Dominic Fandrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RW wrote: On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:24:21 +0100 Dominic Fandrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I cannot find any policy on interactive ports in the Porters' Handbook. Maybe there aught to be one. Setting BATCH is

Re: interactive ports - the plague

2008-03-03 Thread Dominic Fandrey
RW wrote: On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:55:52 +0100 Dominic Fandrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RW wrote: On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:24:21 +0100 Dominic Fandrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I cannot find any policy on interactive ports in the Porters' Handbook. Maybe there aught to be one. Setting BATCH

Re: polypaudio

2008-03-03 Thread Scot Hetzel
On 3/3/08, David Southwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Hi I have been out of commission for some time due to some health problems. When to ujpgrade and received the forllowing error message can anyone please advise? Thanks david # portupgrade -a Stale dependency: