Quoting Chris Pinnock (22-Apr-01 11:37:58):

> On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 07:50:07AM +0100, Georges Heinesch wrote:

>> make fetch-list | sh
>> make
>> 
>> 'make' created some output, which said ...
>> 
>> Required package imlib-*: NOT found
>> Required package gtk+-1.2*: NOT found
>> 
>> Both packages were previously downloaded in '/usr/pkgsrc/distfiles'
>> and present there. The compilation however worked fine even with
>> those errors.
>> 
>> What went wrong here?

> Hi George, 

> The "Required package" error refers to whether the mentioned package
> has been installed already. It seems that imlib and gtk had not been
> installed before you tried to build eterm. When you typed "make" to
> build  eterm, the imlib and gtk+ would have been built and installed
> for you.

> /usr/pkgsrc/distfiles is a store for source code. You have to build
> and install the packages before they are registered as being
> installed in the pkg system. 

Well explained.

Thanks a lot!

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