On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Masao Uebayashi wrote:

> > bash-2.05# cd /usr/pkgsrc/x11/gnome
> > bash-2.05# make
> > ===> Validating dependencies for gnome-1.4.0.5
> >
> > (........ 5 hour later.... nothing to do..)
> >
> > why dont check dependency and auto getting from ftp??

I recently fixed "make fetch-list |sh" for gnome. Some of the other
recursive dependency checks may still be suboptimal.

> It's very likely that something is wrong with GNOME packages.
> Installation/build of these packages and dependencies are not yet
> throughly tested as far as I know.  (Package buildlab is hopefully
> coming soon...)
>
> For now, you may have to investigate the problem by yourself to some
> extent.  I personally recommend to break a `make' into smaller pieces.
> For example, try to start gdk-pixbuf (devel/gdk-pixbuf), gtk+
> (x11/gtk), or gnome-libs (x11/gnome-libs).  Don't forget to record
> build processes in logs, like

That's what works for me. Hubert Feyrer's bulk build machine is
evidently able to build gnome "from scratch", but it's a tall order.


Frederick