big trouble with /usr/ports/textproc/wv

[Peter Guhl]

On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 10:50 -0500, Michael L. Squires wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, Peter Guhl wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 11:11 +0100, Peter Guhl wrote:
> >
> >> /usr/ports/textproc/wv, part of the dependencies, fails:
> >> configure: error: * * * unable to find libwmf-config; unable to continue
> >> * * *
> >>
> >> libwmf is installed. libwmf-config is in /usr/local/bin.
> 
> I had a similar problem when I tried to run portupgrade by doing an "su" 
> from my user account; in my case the PATH used by the shell was different 
> with "su" than with "su -".

Oh my... I really wouldn't have guessed that! Yes, I always use "su" and
not "su -". That's something to keep in mind all the time! Probably the
source of several "ghost"-effects...

Regards
   Peter