Hi, Jonathan Stickel wrote:
Searching the list is always useful, as this has just been discussed, see http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2007-July/004596.html http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2007-July/004620.html
Fair enough. Google searching didn't show anything, but next time I'll search the macports bugs and the mailing list. Is the mailing list searchable somewhere, or do I need to look through the archives?
Umm, it actually sounded harsher than I meant, sorry. As for searching, I do so googling for something like 'xfig site:lists.macosforge.org' (as I am not aware of any other way of doing it).
I have been using gentoo for a long time, and I am stilling getting used to macports. In gentoo, if something like this popped up, the "port" would be removed in favor of an earlier version that worked; that is until the port was fixed.
I feel for you, I come from Gentoo as well and I miss portage a lot on this machine of mine.
Is there an earlier version readily available? I'm guessing not by the thread referred to above. In that case, what is a typical time frame for a bug like this to be fixed?
There are no multiple versions for a port, unless a previous version has been installed (case in which it remains installed until you explicitly uninstall it). The xfig issue is a long standing one to boot. I can only guess that people do not use xfig (wich is a pitty if you ask me). Stefan