On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 01:18:07PM +1000, Daryl Sayers wrote: > > > FreeBSD 7.4 > I am having trouble building the xmlto port on FreeBSD 7.4. I am getting an > error: > > ===> Building for xmlto-0.0.24 > make all-am > for xml in xmlif.xml xmlto.xml; do FORMAT_DIR=./format /usr/local/bin/bash > ./xmlto -o man/man1 man ./doc/$xml ; done || ( RC=$?; exit $RC ) > xmlto: /usr/ports/textproc/xmlto/work/xmlto-0.0.24/./doc/xmlif.xml does not > validate (status 3) > xmlto: Fix document syntax or use --skip-validation option > I/O error : Attempt to load network entity > http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd > /usr/ports/textproc/xmlto/work/xmlto-0.0.24/./doc/xmlif.xml:4: warning: > failed to load external entity > "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"; > "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd";> > .... > > After alot of frustration I decided to throw everything away and start again: > > # pkg_delete -a > # cd /usr/ports; rm -fr * > # csup -h cvsup.au.FreeBSD.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile > # cd /usr/ports/textproc/xmlto > # make > > Using the defaults when the config screens appear. As there are now no > packages > installed and the ports tree is brand new there should be no problems but in > the end it still fails with the same message. My /etc/make.conf is empty also. > > Why cant I build this package. >
This port builds OK for me on 8.2-STABLE. Maybe since you've blitzed all your ports, you could upgrade to something more recent than 7.4 and try again. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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