gnome2 build failure

[Odhiambo WASHINGTON]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Byung-Hee HWANG [mailto:bh at izb.knu.ac.kr]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 17:12
>To: Odhiambo WASHINGTON
>Cc: gnome at FreeBSD.org
>Subject: Re: gnome2 build failure
>
>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.


Noted!
However, would that mean my problem might be an issue with gnome2 or
FreeBSD?


./Washington