gnome2 build failure

[Byung-Hee HWANG]

Hi,

On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 07:48 +0300, Odhiambo WASHINGTON wrote:
> spamfilter# uname -vm
> FreeBSD 6.3-PRERELEASE #2: Thu Nov  1 18:20:27 EAT 2007
> root at spamfilter:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/VMWARE  i386
> 
> # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2
> # make all install clean
> <snip>
> gmake[3]: Entering directory
> `/usr/ports/x11/gnome-desktop/work/gnome-desktop-2.20.1/desktop-docs/gpl'
> gmake[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> gmake[3]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/ports/x11/gnome-desktop/work/gnome-desktop-2.20.1/desktop-docs/gpl'
> Making all in lgpl
> gmake[3]: Entering directory
> `/usr/ports/x11/gnome-desktop/work/gnome-desktop-2.20.1/desktop-docs/lgpl'
> if ! test -d ar/; then mkdir ar/; fi
> if [ -f "C/lgpl.xml" ]; then d="../"; else
> d="/usr/ports/x11/gnome-desktop/work/gnome-desktop-2.20.1/desktop-docs/lgpl/
> "; fi; \
>         (cd ar/ && \
>           `which xml2po` -e -p \
>             "${d}ar/ar.po" \
>             "${d}C/lgpl.xml" > lgpl.xml.tmp && \
>             cp lgpl.xml.tmp lgpl.xml && rm -f lgpl.xml.tmp)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/bin/xml2po", line 35, in ?
>     import libxml2
> ImportError: No module named libxml2
> gmake[3]: *** [ar/lgpl.xml] Error 1
> gmake[3]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/ports/x11/gnome-desktop/work/gnome-desktop-2.20.1/desktop-docs/lgpl'
> gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> gmake[2]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/ports/x11/gnome-desktop/work/gnome-desktop-2.20.1/desktop-docs'
> gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/ports/x11/gnome-desktop/work/gnome-desktop-2.20.1'
> gmake: *** [all] Error 2
> *** Error code 2
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/x11/gnome-desktop.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/gnome-control-center.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/x11/gnome-applets.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/x11/gnome2.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/x11/gnome2.
> 
> PS: I have followed the instructions in /sur/ports/UPDATING and also run
> portupgrade -a on this box severally but that doesn't seem to fix the
> problem.

Not because i dislike hard compiling, just i'd say that you wait for the
next -RELEASE (eg., 6.3-RELEASE or 7.0-RELEASE). Soon, it will be
released with a stable packages of up-to-date GNOME2. So there is no
need to compile very hard unless you/i/he/she are/am/is a GNOME
developer.

Sincerely,

-- 
"He's a responsible man in his own way."
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