CUPS building error in FreeBSD 9.1

2013-01-14 Thread Antonios Atlasis
Hello to the list, I made a fresh install of FreeBSD 9.1 on a 74bit system and I am trying to install everything I need using ports and not packages. However, when I try to install cups (version 1.5.4), even in the default configuration, I receive the following build errors: echo Linking ippserve

Re: SPAM-flag on FBSD list

2013-01-14 Thread Thomas Mueller
FreeBSD emailing lists are not spammers, though they let some spams through that their filters miss. Insight Cable uses synacor.com spam-filtering (dis)service that the Insight Cable user can't turn off. This remedy is worse than the disease in my case because it causes bounces, and then my li

Re: Reading the handbook from console

2013-01-14 Thread Thomas Mueller
On my now-older computer (from July 2001, 256 MB RAM), svgalib ran on FreeBSD but was very crash-prone. svgalib in Linux was erratic and caused color distortions when switching to an X window. So I decided I wanted no part of svgalib on the new computer, FreeBSD or Linux. Use ASCII art or fra

pkgng package repository tracking security updates

2013-01-14 Thread n j
Hi, One of my primary concerns when managing a system is its security. In the interest of security, I usually hold to that "patch early, patch often". Ports are kept well up-to-date and with portmaster it is not a problem to keep updating the ports. However, as Ivan [1] pointed out on his blog on

Re: Reading the handbook from console

2013-01-14 Thread Peter Vereshagin
Hello. TM> On my now-older computer (from July 2001, 256 MB RAM), svgalib ran on FreeBSD but was very crash-prone. TM> TM> svgalib in Linux was erratic and caused color distortions when switching to an X window. TM> TM> So I decided I wanted no part of svgalib on the new computer, FreeBSD or

Re: pkgng package repository tracking security updates

2013-01-14 Thread Andrei Brezan
On 1/14/2013 1:07 PM, n j wrote: Hi, One of my primary concerns when managing a system is its security. In the interest of security, I usually hold to that "patch early, patch often". Ports are kept well up-to-date and with portmaster it is not a problem to keep updating the ports. However, as I

Re: sh script problem with capturing return code

2013-01-14 Thread Fbsd8
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Adam Vande More writes: On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Lowell Gilbert < freebsd-questions-lo...@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: Lowell Gilbert writes: I think it's a real bug, and the test cases don't cover "extra" elements at all. Now I just have to figure out the right fi

Re: pkgng package repository tracking security updates

2013-01-14 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 14/01/2013 13:10, Andrei Brezan wrote: > I thing that it's good to wait for ports to compile and to be able to > chose your configure options for the packages you install. It's good to > know what options you need and what options you don't and why, that's > one of the reasons why i'm using Free

Re: pkgng package repository tracking security updates

2013-01-14 Thread n j
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Andrei Brezan wrote: > On 1/14/2013 1:07 PM, n j wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> One of my primary concerns when managing a system is its security. In the >> interest of security, I usually hold to that "patch early, patch often". >> Ports are kept well up-to-date and with

change in buildworld output when gcc -> clang

2013-01-14 Thread Robert Huff
Before the installation of clang and the default system compiler, "make buildworld" ended with a nice little banner announcing the fact and the time the build completed. After, it ends like this: ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list h

Re: sh script problem with capturing return code

2013-01-14 Thread Fbsd8
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Fbsd8 writes: Lowell Gilbert wrote: Lowell Gilbert writes: I think it's a real bug, and the test cases don't cover "extra" elements at all. Now I just have to figure out the right fix. I'm pretty sure that the fix is just to set rval on jumping to the "extra" tag in

Re: pkgng package repository tracking security updates

2013-01-14 Thread n j
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 14/01/2013 13:10, Andrei Brezan wrote: > > I thing that it's good to wait for ports to compile and to be able to > > chose your configure options for the packages you install. It's good to > > know what options you need and what options

Re: pkgng package repository tracking security updates

2013-01-14 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 14/01/2013 14:36, n j wrote: > The point of my question was exactly if it was possible to elaborate on the > "pre-compiled packages from FreeBSD official repositories" part. Would it > be possible to have a (security-wise) up-to-date pre-compiled packages in > the official repositories? Note, I

Re: Regarding: Script "configure" failed unexpectedly.

2013-01-14 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Jan 13, 2013 2:12 PM, "Joe Altman" wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 10:34:30AM -0800, Waitman Gobble wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Yeah i think it just sends through sendmail on the local machine. You may > > find it convenient to use the web interface. Your config.log says you are > > running F

Re: sh script problem with capturing return code

2013-01-14 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Fbsd8 writes: > Let me be sure I understand you correctly. > Your saying you tested the NetBSD version of mtree that was committed > into 10.0 head and it also has the bug we found? No. The port is not complete. All I did was a code inspection. ___ fre

Re: sh script problem with capturing return code

2013-01-14 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Fbsd8 writes: > Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> This fixes the problem that was bothering you, but the interactions of >> different features are complicated, and many of them are documented in >> fairly loose language. >> > Is that the diplomatic way of saying the manpage for mtree sucks, and > leaves

Re: change in buildworld output when gcc -> clang

2013-01-14 Thread Alexandre
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Robert Huff wrote: > > > Before the installation of clang and the default system > compiler, "make buildworld" ended with a nice little banner announcing > the fact and the time the build completed. > After, it ends like this: > > _

Re: Starting the desktop environment doesn't work automatically

2013-01-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
In reply to: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2013-January/248117.html Thank you, to enable "su", I run # pw user mod rocketmouse -G wheel Restart is enabled by $ cat ~/.xinitrc # /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 exec startxfce4 --with-ck-launch # cat /usr/local/etc/polkit-1/loca

Re: Starting the desktop environment doesn't work automatically

2013-01-14 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:54:55 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > If I make mcedit the default editor, could this cause serious issues, > perhaps if upgrading the kernel and world? I'm also using it regularly: % echo $EDITOR mcedit No problems so far. The only exception: The editor is

Re: pkgng package repository tracking security updates

2013-01-14 Thread n j
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Matthew Seaman < m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > On 14/01/2013 14:36, n j wrote: > > The point of my question was exactly if it was possible to elaborate on > the > > "pre-compiled packages from FreeBSD official repositories" part. Would it > > be possibl

Re: Jails

2013-01-14 Thread Leonardo M . Ramé
> > From: "Zyumbilev, Peter" >To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" >Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 3:53 AM >Subject: Re: Jails > > > >On 13/01/2013 23:58, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote: >> >> > >> root@debian:/# ping www.google.com >> WARNING: setsockopt(ICMP_FILTER)

Re: sh script problem with capturing return code

2013-01-14 Thread Fbsd8
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Fbsd8 writes: Lowell Gilbert wrote: This fixes the problem that was bothering you, but the interactions of different features are complicated, and many of them are documented in fairly loose language. Is that the diplomatic way of saying the manpage for mtree sucks,

Re: recommendation instead of portmanager

2013-01-14 Thread David Brodbeck
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Artifex Maximus wrote: > Hello! > > I am using portmanager for updating my ports. I love its -p switch. Is > there any similar program with such option? I am asking because portmanager > is gone from ports tree. > > " -p or --pristineUpdates a port if any

Re: recommendation instead of portmanager

2013-01-14 Thread RW
On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:23:08 -0800 David Brodbeck wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Artifex Maximus > wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > I am using portmanager for updating my ports. I love its -p switch. > > Is there any similar program with such option? I am asking because > > portmanager is g

Re: Jails

2013-01-14 Thread Zyumbilev, Peter
On 15/01/2013 02:10, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote: > > Yes, and also defined /etc/resolv.conf. Any hint? > > > Leonardo M. Ramé > http://leonardorame.blogspot.com This is my jail conf. jail_debian_rootdir="/jail/debian" jail_debian_hostname="debian.bivol.net" jail_debian_ip="192.168.30.12" jail_de

Re: Jails

2013-01-14 Thread Devin Teske
On Jan 14, 2013, at 10:12 PM, Zyumbilev, Peter wrote: > On 15/01/2013 02:10, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote: > >> >> Yes, and also defined /etc/resolv.conf. Any hint? >> >> >> Leonardo M. Ramé >> http://leonardorame.blogspot.com > > > This is my jail conf. > > jail_debian_rootdir="/jail/debian" >

Wine-fbsd64 updated to 1.5.21 (32bit Wine for 64bit FreeBSD)

2013-01-14 Thread David Naylor
Hi, Packages [1] for wine-fbsd64-1.5.21 have been uploaded to mediafire [2]. The packages for FreeBSD 10 use the pkgng [3] format. Please read the installation messages, if you use the nVidia graphics driver, for further information. FAQ --- Q: Wine crashing when launching some 3D program