USE_LINUX_APPS=scimgtk vs OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=f7

[Boris Samorodov]

On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:10:13 -0400 Richard Kuhns wrote:
> Boris Samorodov wrote:
> > On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:26:22 +0300 Andriy Gapon wrote:
> >> on 03/04/2009 17:19 Boris Samorodov said the following:
> >>> On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:07:11 +0300 Andriy Gapon wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> For instance: acroread8 has USE_LINUX_APPS=scimgtk.
> >>>> bsd.linux-apps.mk translates this to dependency on libscim-1.0.so.8.1.0.
> >>>> But I have:
> >>>> $ pkg_which /usr/compat/linux/usr/lib/libscim-1.0.so.8.1.1
> >>>> linux-scim-libs-fc7-1.4.5_2
> >>>> And yes, I have  OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=f7.
> >>> Please, read my HEADSUP message from April, 01. Well, it was not
> >>> a joke. ;-)
> > 
> >> Could you please explain it to me?
> > 
> > The variable OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT should mean override linux
> > base port. Hrs@ (as a maintainer of textproc/linux-scim-libs)
> > did his best to give everyone an opportunity to use new linux
> > libs when there was no other linux infrastructure ports.
> > 
> >> I didn't see anything related to f7 in the message and I don't plan to upgrade to
> >> f8 soon.
> > 
> > As for ports, there is no difference between f7 and f8 ones. Except
> > f8 linux infrastructure ports are fully presented at the portstree.
> > 
> >> So how am I affected by your changes?
> > 
> > You are affected by a side effect of the fact that hrs@ gave you
> > an opportunity to use newer linux libs when there was no other
> > infrastructure ports. And he decided (it was the only one right
> > decision) to use OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT to distinguish between
> > different versions of ports/packages.
> > 

> So if I'm reading this correctly, if I want to upgrade acroread8 I'll need to
> delete all linux ports and reinstall, even though I'm running -f8? I've had no

You were running linux_base-f8 and linux infrastructure ports for fc4.

Yes, if you use linux_base-f8 and upgrade any linux application you
should upgrade to new infrastructure ports.

> problems until trying to upgrade acroread8, which failed as described above.
> When I added OVERRIDE_LINUX_NON_BASE_PORTS=f8 to /etc/make.conf and tried to
> upgrade, I end up with multiple versions of several linux libraries until I hit
> the following error:

> ===>  Checking if x11-fonts/linux-f8-fontconfig already installed
> cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/linux-f8-fontconfig/work && /usr/bin/find * -type d
> -exec /bin/mkdir -p "/compat/linux/{}" \;
> cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/linux-f8-fontconfig/work && /usr/bin/find * ! -type d |
> /usr/bin/cpio -pm -R root:wheel /compat/linux
> /usr/bin/cpio: /compat/linux/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 not created: newer or
> same age version exists
> /usr/bin/cpio: /compat/linux/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.2.0 not created: newer
> or same age version exists
> /usr/bin/cpio: /compat/linux/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-2.4.2/AUTHORS not created:
> newer or same age version exists
> /usr/bin/cpio: /compat/linux/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-2.4.2/COPYING not created:
> newer or same age version exists
> /usr/bin/cpio: /compat/linux/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-2.4.2/README not created:
> newer or same age version exists
> /usr/bin/cpio: /compat/linux/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-2.4.2/fontconfig-user.html
> not created: newer or same age version exists
> /usr/bin/cpio: /compat/linux/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-2.4.2/fontconfig-user.txt
> not created: newer or same age version exists
> /usr/bin/cpio: /compat/linux/usr/share/man/man1/fc-cat.1.gz not created: newer
> or same age version exists
> /usr/bin/cpio: /compat/linux/usr/share/man/man1/fc-list.1.gz not created: newer
> or same age version exists
> /usr/bin/cpio: /compat/linux/usr/share/man/man1/fc-match.1.gz not created: newer
> or same age version exists
> /usr/bin/cpio: /compat/linux/usr/share/man/man5/fonts-conf.5.gz not created:
> newer or same age version exists
> 42 blocks
> ln: /compat/linux/etc//fonts: File exists
> *** Error code 1

> Stop in /usr/ports/x11-fonts/linux-f8-fontconfig.


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