Can't install gaim on FreeBSD 4.x

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 17:06, David Gerard wrote:
> We're trying to install gaim on a 4.8-RELEASE box, and it's
> acting like the package is broken.
> 
> lilith# pkg_add -v gaim-0.72.tar
> Requested space: 42147840 bytes, free space: 46554032128 bytes in 
> /var/tmp/instmp.ko8CO8
> pkg_add: read_plist: bad command '@conflicts ja-gaim-*'
> lilith#
> 
> Er, huh? I got the same on a 4.6.2 box.
> 
> Compiling from source gives a failure, which appears to
> be from Linuxisms in the source.
> 
> Has anyone got gaim 0.71 or later working on FreeBSD 4.x?
> What did you do to get it working?

You need to install the sysutils/pkg_install port, then use
/usr/local/bin/pkg_add to add the package.  Note, gaim is currently
supported on 4.8, 4.9, -STABLE, 5.1, and -CURRENT only.

Joe

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