On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 02:19:27AM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> Hello,
> Ok so portupgrde did not work in installing the latest KDE.
> I cannot get KDE to run at all.
> I get errors about libintl being missing.
> Plus a mysterious and new requirement to tell make I have a Matrox 450
> card.
> Plus the fact I cannot even re-intall KDE from the 4.7 ISO CD's.
> I get the highly useful message "Error -1".
>
> So, in my attempts to portupgrade, I get 0 points.
>
> Now, correct me if I am wrong.
> The tag for ports should always be ".", since the do not follow any kind
> of upgrade system like the release does.
> Why does portupgrade try to find 4.8-PRELEASE ports ?
> This is nonsense.
> From where is it getting this idea ?
>
> I promise,if someone is capable of explaining this to me, I will write a
> HOWTO.
>
> Because the whole frigging thing is just useless. That is my experience.
I've been having much the same experience. Trying to upgrade
things let go too long on my 4.7-PRE system has been nearly'
futile.
I like having src, like most of us hackers. But take Redhat
that a friend installed on another system. It sucks over
ports and plugs them in and adjusts the dependencies and
the newer Linux programs Just-Work.
I tried to get the FBSD vers of mozilla working (with plugins)
for a month. It wasn't until I installed "linux-mozilla" that
everythng worked here. Flash, shockwave, real-audio...
Flames to /dev/null, gentlemen. I know that RH is commercial.
Still, wouldn't it be "allowable" to check out their ports
system??
gary
>
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