Abiword users, update your wv.. (long debug) [FIXED]

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Mon, 16 May 2005 23:31:11 -0500, jimmie james <jimmiejaz at gmail.com>  
wrote:

>> Hello AbiWord users,
>
> Hello,
>
>> Be sure to update your wv to 1.0.0_3 to fix the crash when you try to
>> click open or save to open dialog for browser directory/file.
>
> Now that wv 1.0.0_3 is in the ports tree, it seems to work just fine
> on 4.11-STABLE. ( run under gdb follows)
>
>> As for FreeBSD 4.x users, there have one to two reports of crash...  
>> Sorry,
>> I have no idea and it is recommend any desktop users to use FreeBSD 5.x  
>> or
>> 6.x these day. FreeBSD 4.x is useless for desktop, IMO.
>
> I have to disagree.  I for one, can't update to 5.x.  My BIOS will not
> let me install, and there's no update for it anymore.  If I know more
> code, or debuging(and didn't need a stable machine for work, I'd be a
> test monkey to help fix :( It's a Dell Dimension L series, it's
> older(a few years)  I'm sure there's others, that will stay with 4.X,
> for one reason or another, and if a port doesn't build or run, it
> should be marked somehow(broken, ignore, unsure(new catagory?)
> Not your port, but an example.
> #/usr/local/sbin/smartctl -a ad0
> smartctl version 5.33 [i386-portbld-freebsd4.11] Copyright (C) 2002-4
> Bruce Allen
> Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
>
> ATA support is not provided for this kernel version. Please ugrade to
> a recent 5-CURRENT kernel (post 09/01/2003 or so)
> Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device)
>
> cvs logs show it was marked BROKEN on 4.x, then 'fixed' but as you
> see, it's not working on 4.x, but no indication that it's broken(on
> 4.x anyways)
>
> Thanks for the heads up on the 'wv' port update.  That seems to have
> fixed the problem here.

Good to know, thanks for test and report.

Cheers,
Mezz

>> Cheers,
>> Mezz
>
> Thanks, and Cheers
> Jimmie.
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