[kde-freebsd] area51 system-config-printer-kde4 failing to build

[Andre Goree]

I'd really like to get into freebsd porting and given that I love KDE as  
well, I think this would be the perfect place to start.  I'll just need  
some time to go through the porter's handbook before I take the dive. :)

Thanks for the info!


On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:23:05 -0400, Max Brazhnikov <makc at freebsd.org>  
wrote:

> On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:54:22 -0500 Andre Goree wrote:
>> Hello all.  I can't seem to get the new area51  
>> system-config-printer-kde4
>> port to build, which in turn fails kdeadmin4 and thus the kde4 port
>> itself.  It appears that the two patches included in this port
>> (patch-system-config-printer-kde__cmake-modules__FindSystemConfigPrinter.py
>> and patch-system-config-printer-kde__system-config-printer-kde.py) are
>> failing to find the files they need to patch.  If I run a 'find . -type  
>> f
>> -iname \*.py', in the port directory, nothing is found, which seems like
>> the root problem.
>>
>> It's hard for me currently to post the exact output of 'make install
>> clean', but I can try if anyone would like me to (I have only  
>> command-line
>> on the machine now since KDE is being upgraded -- I removed all kde
>> packages before I started the upgrade).
>>
>> In the mean time, I'm going to see if I can get by it by not enabled
>> kdeadmin in the kde4 config, however I wonder if something is amiss with
>> that port.  By the way, is this the correct way to test and report bugs
>> for area51?  I don't know of any way to report bugs otherwise...I'm not
>> aware of anything like bugzilla setup for area51 -- if anyone could  
>> point
>> me in the right direction for that it'd be great :)
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>
> Hi Andre,
>
> area51 a development repo, it's not an alternative to official portstree  
> and
> shouldn't be used by regular users. Once ports are in good shape we'll  
> make an
> announcement for testing, and then we'll be happy to see the bug reports.
>
> However if you want to help with porting, join us on #kde-freebsd  
> channel at
> freenode and send patches :)
>
> Cheers,
> Max


-- 
Andre Goree
andre at drenet.info