gnome2 build failure

[Odhiambo WASHINGTON]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Peo Nilsson [mailto:per-olof.nilsson at comhem.se]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 21:05
>To: Odhiambo WASHINGTON
>Cc: freebsd-gnome at freebsd.org
>Subject: RE: gnome2 build failure
>
>
>On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 20:40 +0300, Odhiambo WASHINGTON wrote
>> >On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 18:48 +0300, Odhiambo WASHINGTON wrote:
>> >> >>> FreeBSD 6.3-PRERELEASE #2: Thu Nov  1 18:20:27 EAT 2007
>> >
>> >> >>> # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2
>> >> >>> # make all install clean
>> >
>> >> >>>     import libxml2
>> >> >>> ImportError: No module named libxml2
>> >
>> >Make shure you have this one installed.
>> >At least it can't be find...
>>
>> I have again followed instructions in /usr/ports/UPDATING, but again
>> it
>> fails:
>
>I myself hasn't had your problem but it's *always* a good try to search
>the web for a solution, usualy your not alone with the problem. I tried
>to search and found this:
>
>http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-51334.html
>
>It says:
>
>...<snap>
>"# portupgrade -o lang/python25 lang/python24  # cd
>/usr/ports/lang/python && make upgrade-site-packages
>
> resolves the problem"...
><snap>...
>
>Is this what you have been done?, when you say that you have done "all".
>
>> ./Washington
>
>I think the error arises when a bad Python 2.4->2.5 upgrade has been
>done.

Well, that was pointed to me! I did that already.
Now I am thinking I should go over every item in /usr/ports/UPDATING and do
that on my system :-)
If only one of them ends up resolving the gnome issue.

/Washington