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Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Fri Apr 4 02:50:53 PST 2003


On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 12:16:22PM +0200, cghiban at gmx.net wrote:
> 
> I get this message when I "cd /usr/ports/print/a2ps-a4 && make"
> a2ps-a4-4.13_1 is marked as broken: Installs files in /.
> 
> Is there a way to install 'a2ps-a4-4.13_1' from ports?

If you don't mind the above warning you can comment out the BROKEN
line in the makefile.

> Or what is this markes as broken?

It's marked as broken because the port does something illegal
(installs files in /).

Kris
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