Subject: Re: Packages
To: Randy Beaudreault <maccult@pacbell.net>
From: John Klos <john@sixgirls.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/07/2001 12:10:19
> >What packages are they? What were the problems?
>
> The two packages I've seen so far have to do with 1.5 and are
> GTK+-1.2.8 and HFSutils-3.2.6.  GTK+ installs just fine but the
> version reported by gtk-config --version is wrong, 1.2.20, and messes
> up a build of some outside source code that depends on the proper
> version being installed.  In installing HFSutils I found that pkg_add
> reported a bad expand URL when it tried to expand libhfs-3.2.6.tbz.
> Oops.

The first problem is not specific to the package or to the platform. The
same problem has occurred many places, and will hopefully be fixed
system-wide.

I'm not quite sure what URL is used in the second package, but I will
check this out once I get home.

I think it's safe to submit a pr for the first problem, at least.

> Can I report other package problems to you also?  Thanks

If you think that the problems are due to the build process, yes.  Version
numbers and stuff like that are usually not, but I'd like to hear about
them, so I can rebuild the package once it is fixed.

Thanks,
John