ports/175532: x11/xdm: /bin/cp -n /usr/local/share/examples/xdm/GiveConsole /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/GiveConsole *** [post-install] Error code 1

[Niclas Zeising]

The following reply was made to PR ports/175532; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Niclas Zeising <zeising at freebsd.org>
To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman at zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: ports/175532: x11/xdm: /bin/cp -n /usr/local/share/examples/xdm/GiveConsole
 /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/GiveConsole *** [post-install] Error code 1
Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:21:35 +0100

 On 02/02/13 11:15, O. Hartmann wrote:
 > Am 02/02/13 10:34, schrieb Niclas Zeising:
 >> Hi!
 >> Apparently something in the base system has changed, which affects
 >> rebuild of this port when it is already installed.  Since this change to
 >> the base system isn't very old, and most ports testing are done on clean
 >> systems, using tinderbox or poudriere or similar software, this has gone
 >> through the cracks.  For now, I suggest you remove xdm before
 >> reinstalling it, since all files should be removed in the
 >> deinstallation.  If xdm leaves files behind, then that is a separate
 >> issue.  however that would show up on a tinderbox run, and I can build
 >> xdm fine in my tinderbox.
 >> Regards!
 >>
 > 
 > Have you used NEW_XORG=YES in make.conf? I use those bits to build the
 > most recent stuff and I realized  this causes problems since several
 > changes a couple of days ago.
 > 
 > Oliver
 > 
 
 Yes.  What other problems are you referring to?  x11/xdm is the same
 version regardless of WITH_NEW_XORG.
 Regards!
 -- 
 Niclas Zeising