problem building xorg

[Paul Schmehl]

--On Tuesday, March 28, 2006 07:35:41 -0700 RJ45 <rj45 at slacknet.com> wrote:
>
> ===>  Script "configure" failed unexpectedly.
> Please run the gnomelogalyzer, available from
> "http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/gnomelogalyzer.sh", which will diagnose the
> problem and suggest a solution. If - and only if - the gnomelogalyzer
> cannot
> solve the problem, report the build failure to the FreeBSD GNOME team at
> gnome at FreeBSD.org, and attach (a)
> "/usr/ports/x11-fonts/libXft/work/libXft-2.1.7/config.log", (b) the output
> of the failed make command, and (c) the gnomelogalyzer output. Also, it
> might
> be a good idea to provide an overview of all packages installed on your
> system
> (i.e. an `ls /var/db/pkg`). Put your attachment up on any website,
> copy-and-paste into http://freebsd-gnome.pastebin.com, or use send-pr(1)
> with
> the attachment. Try to avoid sending any attachments to the mailing list
> (gnome at FreeBSD.org), because attachments sent to FreeBSD mailing lists are
> usually discarded by the mailing list software.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/x11-fonts/libXft.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/x11/xorg-clients.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/x11/xorg.
> rt-ca#
>
Did you download and run gnomelogalyzer?

In general, when ports don't build, you should 1) run cvsup to ensure your 
ports are up to date and 2) go to the port that's failing and make 
deinstall clean and make install clean.  99% of the time, this will solve 
your problem.

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/