FreeBSD ports that you maintain which are currently marked broken

linimon at FreeBSD.org linimon at FreeBSD.org
Tue Oct 11 23:11:31 PDT 2005


Dear FreeBSD port maintainer:

As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of problems in the
FreeBSD ports system, we are attempting to notify maintainers of
ports that are marked as "broken" in their Makefiles.  In many cases
these ports are failing to compile on some subset of the FreeBSD
build environments.  The most common problem is that recent versions
of -CURRENT include gcc3.4, which is much stricter about such things
as function declarations, literal strings constants that continue
over several physical lines, and forcing the deprecation of antique
header files such as varargs.h (we should now be using stdargs.h).

The next most common problem is that compiles succeed on the i386
architecture (e.g. the common Intel PC), but fail on one or more of
the other architectures due to assumptions about things such as size
of various types, byte-alignment issues, and so forth.

In occasional cases we see that the same port may have different
errors in different build environments.  The script that runs on the
build cluster uses heuristics to try to 'guess' the error type to
help you isolate problems, but it is only a rough guide.

If you need help in one or more build environments that you do not
have access to, please ask for help on the freebsd-ports mailing
list.

One more note: on occasion, there are transient build errors seen
on the build farm.  Unfortunately, there is not yet any way for this
algorithm to tell the difference (humans are much, much better at
this kind of thing.)

The errors are listed below.  In the case where the same
problem exists on more than one build environment, the URL points
to the latest errorlog for that type.  (By 'build environment'
here we mean 'combination of 4.x/5.x/6.x with target architecture'.)

(Note: the dates are included to help you to gauge whether or not
the error still applies to the latest version.  The program
that generates this report is not yet able to determine this
automatically.)

portname:           audio/musicbox
broken because:     compilation error
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=audio&portname=musicbox


portname:           cad/ziarc
broken because:     Checksum mismatch
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=cad&portname=ziarc


portname:           chinese/chinput
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=chinese&portname=chinput


portname:           chinese/gbfs
broken because:     fails to patch
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=chinese&portname=gbfs


portname:           chinese/metalist
broken because:     Installs files outside of install phase
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=chinese&portname=metalist


portname:           chinese/xemacs21
broken because:     Incorrect pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=chinese&portname=xemacs21


portname:           databases/p5-GDBM
broken because:     Does not compile
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=p5-GDBM


portname:           devel/clint
broken because:     Does not compile on FreeBSD >= 5.x
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=clint


portname:           devel/ixlib
broken because:     Does not compile on !i386 or on FreeBSD >= 5.x
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=ixlib


portname:           devel/korelib
broken because:     Does not compile with gcc 3.4.2
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=korelib


portname:           devel/libsigcx
broken because:     Does not compile on FreeBSD >= 5.x
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=libsigcx


portname:           devel/m6811-gcc
broken because:     Does not compile on FreeBSD >= 5.x
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=m6811-gcc


portname:           devel/smc
broken because:     Size mismatch
build errors:
http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/i386-errorlogs/e.5.2005091121/smc-4.2.2.log (Sep 30 10:14:51 UTC 2005)
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=smc


portname:           devel/yacl
broken because:     Does not compile (bad C++ code)
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=yacl


portname:           editors/emacs19
broken because:     invalid packing list
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=editors&portname=emacs19


portname:           emulators/vmsbackup
broken because:     distfile disappeared
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=emulators&portname=vmsbackup


portname:           games/nil
broken because:     Does not compile on FreeBSD >= 5.x
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=games&portname=nil


portname:           games/stvef-server
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=games&portname=stvef-server


portname:           games/xteddy
broken because:     does not fetch
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=games&portname=xteddy


portname:           graphics/nurbs++
broken because:     Does not compile with gcc 3.4.2
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=graphics&portname=nurbs%2B%2B


portname:           graphics/osgedit
broken because:     Does not compile
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=graphics&portname=osgedit


portname:           graphics/sam2p
broken because:     Size mismatch
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=graphics&portname=sam2p


portname:           graphics/teddy
broken because:     Does not compile on FreeBSD >= 5.x
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=graphics&portname=teddy


portname:           graphics/xbarcode
broken because:     Does not compile
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=graphics&portname=xbarcode


portname:           irc/blackened
broken because:     mastersite disappeared
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=irc&portname=blackened


portname:           japanese/balsa
broken because:     Does not compile on FreeBSD >= 5.x
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=balsa


portname:           japanese/ebw3
broken because:     Does not compile on FreeBSD 700000
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=ebw3


portname:           japanese/edict-utf-8
broken because:     Install fails
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=edict-utf-8


portname:           japanese/gnomelibs
broken because:     Does not compile on FreeBSD 700000
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=gnomelibs


portname:           japanese/perl5
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=perl5


portname:           japanese/timidity++-slang
broken because:     Incomplete distinfo file
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=timidity%2B%2B-slang


portname:           japanese/tkdesk
broken because:     mastersite disappeared
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=tkdesk


portname:           japanese/w3
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=w3


portname:           japanese/weblint97
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist (port installs into nonstandard
                    perl directory)
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=weblint97


portname:           japanese/xemacs21-canna
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=xemacs21-canna


portname:           japanese/xemacs21-canna+freewnn
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=xemacs21-canna%2Bfreewnn


portname:           japanese/xemacs21-canna+wnn6
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=xemacs21-canna%2Bwnn6


portname:           japanese/xemacs21-freewnn
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=xemacs21-freewnn


portname:           japanese/xemacs21-wnn6
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=xemacs21-wnn6


portname:           java/bugseeker
broken because:     unfetchable
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=java&portname=bugseeker


portname:           java/bugseeker-demo
broken because:     Unfetchable
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=java&portname=bugseeker-demo


portname:           java/forte
broken because:     unfetchable
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=java&portname=forte


portname:           java/janosvm
broken because:     Fails to link
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=java&portname=janosvm


portname:           lang/Sather
broken because:     Does not compile on FreeBSD 700000
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=Sather


portname:           lang/egcs
broken because:     Does not compile (bad C++ code)
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=egcs


portname:           lang/gcc30
broken because:     Does not compile
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=gcc30


portname:           lang/glibstdc++28
broken because:     Does not compile (bad C++ code)
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=glibstdc%2B%2B28


portname:           lang/njs
broken because:     mastersite disappeared
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=njs


portname:           lang/o2c
broken because:     Does not compile on FreeBSD >= 5.x
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=o2c


portname:           lang/objc
broken because:     Does not compile
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=objc


portname:           lang/pm3-base
broken because:     Does not compile
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=pm3-base


portname:           lang/rscheme
broken because:     Coredump during build
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=rscheme


portname:           lang/tensile
broken because:     Coredump during build on FreeBSD >= 6.x
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=tensile


portname:           mail/mew-mule
broken because:     Incorrect pkg-plist (removes directories not installed
                    by this port)
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=mail&portname=mew-mule


portname:           math/apc
broken because:     mastersite disappeared
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=math&portname=apc


portname:           misc/bottlerocket
broken because:     mastersite disappeared
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=bottlerocket


portname:           misc/chord2html
broken because:     mastersite disappeared
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=chord2html


portname:           misc/documancer
broken because:     Broken dependency
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=documancer


portname:           misc/earthview
broken because:     mastersite disappeared
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=earthview


portname:           misc/goblin
broken because:     Does not compile on FreeBSD >= 5.x
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=goblin


portname:           misc/linux-edonkey-tool-list
broken because:     mastersite disappeared
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=linux-edonkey-tool-list


portname:           misc/linux-edonkey-tool-recovermet
broken because:     mastersite disappeared
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=linux-edonkey-tool-recovermet


portname:           misc/wmmand
broken because:     mastersite disappeared
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=wmmand


portname:           misc/xrmap
broken because:     distfile outdated, 2.32 is latest
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=xrmap


portname:           multimedia/xmms-avi
broken because:     Does not compile on FreeBSD >= 5.x
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=xmms-avi


portname:           net-mgmt/sting
broken because:     Does not work with ipfw2
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net-mgmt&portname=sting


portname:           net/arla
broken because:     does not compile
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=arla


portname:           net/cphone
broken because:     Does not compile on FreeBSD >= 5.x
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=cphone


portname:           net/gnomba
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=gnomba


portname:           news/PicMonger
broken because:     Does not compile (bad C++ code)
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=news&portname=PicMonger


portname:           news/gnus-emacs20
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=news&portname=gnus-emacs20


portname:           news/t-gnus
broken because:     Removes files installed by another port
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=news&portname=t-gnus


portname:           news/t-gnus-emacs20
broken because:     Removes files installed by another port
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=news&portname=t-gnus-emacs20


portname:           news/t-gnus-mule
broken because:     Removes files installed by another port
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=news&portname=t-gnus-mule


portname:           news/t-gnus-xemacs21-mule
broken because:     Removes files installed by another port
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=news&portname=t-gnus-xemacs21-mule


portname:           palm/prc-tools
broken because:     Incorrect pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=palm&portname=prc-tools


portname:           print/hugelatex
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=print&portname=hugelatex


portname:           print/p5-GnomePrint
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=print&portname=p5-GnomePrint


portname:           russian/X.language
broken because:     Incorrect pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=russian&portname=X.language


portname:           russian/mtc
broken because:     mastersite disappeared
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=russian&portname=mtc


portname:           russian/pgp.language
broken because:     Incorrect pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=russian&portname=pgp.language


portname:           russian/pine.language
broken because:     Removes pine.conf at deinstallation
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=russian&portname=pine.language


portname:           sysutils/ffsrecov
broken because:     Incompatible with UFS2 header files
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=ffsrecov


portname:           sysutils/gksu
broken because:     Port is unfetchable, needs an update to the latest
                    version
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=gksu


portname:           sysutils/linux-afaapps
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=linux-afaapps


portname:           sysutils/mapchan
broken because:     1.4 is unfetchable but 2.0 is available from the site
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=mapchan


portname:           textproc/libhtmlparse
broken because:     mastersite disappeared
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=textproc&portname=libhtmlparse


portname:           textproc/tei-xlite
broken because:     Size mismatch
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=textproc&portname=tei-xlite


portname:           textproc/tth
broken because:     Size mismatch
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=textproc&portname=tth


portname:           www/adzap2squirm
broken because:     Unfetchable
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=adzap2squirm


portname:           www/arena
broken because:     Does not compile on FreeBSD >= 5.x
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=arena


portname:           www/p5-Apache-PageKit
broken because:     Does not compile
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=p5-Apache-PageKit


portname:           www/p5-GtkHTML
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=p5-GtkHTML


portname:           www/p5-MasonX-Apache2Handler
broken because:     Broken due the new mod_perl2 API
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=p5-MasonX-Apache2Handler


portname:           www/rt3-elixus
broken because:     Install fails
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=rt3-elixus


portname:           www/w3
broken because:     Incomplete pkg-plist
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=w3


portname:           www/zope-soapmethod
broken because:     Broken dependency
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=zope-soapmethod


portname:           www/zope-zpt
broken because:     Does not build after python 2.4 update
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=zope-zpt


portname:           x11-toolkits/erlgtk
broken because:     Missing dependency
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-toolkits&portname=erlgtk


portname:           x11-toolkits/guis
broken because:     Broken dependency after python 2.4 update
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-toolkits&portname=guis


portname:           x11-toolkits/jx
broken because:     Does not work with gcc 3.x
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-toolkits&portname=jx


portname:           x11-toolkits/v
broken because:     Does not compile (bad C++ code)
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-toolkits&portname=v


portname:           x11/props
broken because:     Does not compile
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11&portname=props


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