port problems on FreeBSD 8.4

[Brian W.]

If you didn't already know that is a recently eol release.

https://www.freebsd.org/security/unsupported.html

Brian
On Aug 29, 2015 2:03 PM, "Robert Bonomi" <bonomi at mail.r-bonomi.com> wrote:

>
>
> I'm trying to build a bunch of ports on my FreeBSD 8.4 box, and getting
> errors I don't understand from the 'make' attempts on aboiut a dozen of
> them.
> e.g. why it is apparently looking for a .gz when the distfile is a .bz2
>
> On the 'etoile-*' ports, I tried modifying Makefile to have "USES=
> tar:bzip2",
> whereupon it complains "can't open Makefile". I'm stumped on what to try
> next.
>
> I don't have a clue on the 'PREFIX' complaints, or the 'Unknown component'
> /
> 'Unknown autotool' complaints.
>
> Can somebody see if they can, or more significantly, _cannot_ reproduce
> these
> issues on their system?  That way I'll know if it's just _my_ system, or a
> real problem in the port.
>
> Also, when building some ports, I get _scads_ of 'warnings' from compilers
> --
> the items seem to work ok, but some of the warnings are worrisome -- like
> when
> it claims an 'if' always evaluates true because an unsigned variable is
> used.
>
>
> The list of 'problem children':
>
> ===>   etoile-idle-0.4.1 depends on file: /usr/local/sbin/pkg - found
> => etoile-0.4.1.tar.gz is not in /home/ports/x11/etoile-idle/distinfo.
> => Either /home/ports/x11/etoile-idle/distinfo is out of date, or
> => etoile-0.4.1.tar.gz is spelled incorrectly.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /home/ports/x11/etoile-idle.
>
> [ Makefile contains: USE_BZIP2= yes ]
>
> [ distinfo content: ]
> [    SHA256 (etoile-0.4.1.tar.bz2) =
> 2c9f189a0eae9dbc85589660a55faac498d05a056bf8148fa91f25455728cf25 ]
> [    SIZE (etoile-0.4.1.tar.bz2) = 8281449 ]
>
> ------------
>
> ===>   etoile-iterm-0.1.20061221_3 depends on file: /usr/local/sbin/pkg -
> found
> => Etoile-20061221.tar.gz is not in /home/ports/x11/etoile-iterm/distinfo.
> => Either /home/ports/x11/etoile-iterm/distinfo is out of date, or
> => Etoile-20061221.tar.gz is spelled incorrectly.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /home/ports/x11/etoile-iterm.
>
> [ Makefile contains: USE_BZIP2= yes ]
>
> [ distinfo content: ]
> [    SHA256 (Etoile-20061221.tar.bz2) =
> 7dc8acbf2cb46d9d119c9817204bbbbe72884065f3287877550c400e68f4c992 ]
> [    SIZE (Etoile-20061221.tar.bz2) = 9867481 ]
>
> ------------
>
> ===>   etoile-xwindowserverkit-0.4.1 depends on file: /usr/local/sbin/pkg
> - found
> => etoile-0.4.1.tar.gz is not in
> /home/ports/x11/etoile-xwindowserverkit/distinfo.
> => Either /home/ports/x11/etoile-xwindowserverkit/distinfo is out of date,
> or
> => etoile-0.4.1.tar.gz is spelled incorrectly.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /home/ports/x11/etoile-xwindowserverkit.
>
> [ Makefile contains: USE_BZIP2= yes ]
>
> [ distinfo content: ]
> [    SHA256 (etoile-0.4.1.tar.bz2) =
> 2c9f189a0eae9dbc85589660a55faac498d05a056bf8148fa91f25455728cf25 ]
> [    SIZE (etoile-0.4.1.tar.bz2) = 8281449 ]
>
> ------------
>
> ===>  alarm-clock-1.4_1 cannot install: Unknown component gnomehack.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /home/ports/x11-clocks/alarm-clock.
>
> ------------
>
> [ x11/kdelibs3 ]
>
> PREFIX must be defined as an absolute path so that when 'make'
> is invoked in the work area PREFIX points to the right place.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop.
>
> [ Makefile contains:  PREFIX=           ${KDE_PREFIX} ]
>
> ------------
>
> [ x11/kdelibs3 ]
>
> PREFIX must be defined as an absolute path so that when 'make'
> is invoked in the work area PREFIX points to the right place.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop.
>
> [ Makefile contains:  PREFIX=           ${KDE_PREFIX} ]
>
> ------------
>
> [ x11/kdelibs3-nocups ]
>
> PREFIX must be defined as an absolute path so that when 'make'
> is invoked in the work area PREFIX points to the right place.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop.
>
> [ Makefile contains:  PREFIX=           ${KDE_PREFIX} ]
>
> ------------
>
> [ x11-clocks/kdetoys3 ]
>
>
> PREFIX must be defined as an absolute path so that when 'make'
> is invoked in the work area PREFIX points to the right place.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop.
>
> [ Makefile contains:  PREFIX=           ${KDE_PREFIX} ]
>
> ------------
>
> ===> Fetching all distfiles required by pkg-1.5.5 for building
> ===>  kdeutils-_9 Unknown autotool: libtool.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /home/ports/misc/kdeutils3.
>
> [ other ports use libtool with no problems ]
>
> ------------
>
> ===>  bmp-alarm-0.6.0_6 Unknown autotool: libtool.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /home/ports/x11-clocks/bmp-alarm.
>
> [ other ports use libtool with no problems ]
>
> ------------
>
> ===>  kdebase-_9 Unknown autotool: libtool.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /home/ports/x11/kdebase3.
>
> [ other ports use libtool with no problems ]
>
> ------------
>
> ===>  bmp-alarm-0.6.0_6 Unknown autotool: libtool.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /home/ports/x11-clocks/bmp-alarm.
>
> [ other ports use libtool with no problems ]
>
> ------------
>
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