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| author | rillig <rillig> | 2006-07-02 23:34:03 +0000 |
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| committer | rillig <rillig> | 2006-07-02 23:34:03 +0000 |
| commit | 9e0a574d1fe488b5c9bfc6cfa3e87ef9fd560278 (patch) | |
| tree | 593f846c3da375c07b70558099a99f7b98241a50 | |
| parent | bf482b7c274fbb870a3cbe99d521c3cca2ddb07c (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-9e0a574d1fe488b5c9bfc6cfa3e87ef9fd560278.tar.gz | |
Added "A package does not build. What shall I do?" to the FAQ.
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diff --git a/doc/guide/files/faq.xml b/doc/guide/files/faq.xml index bdc49acaa63..c376a2b31c2 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/faq.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/faq.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: faq.xml,v 1.26 2006/07/02 12:42:07 rillig Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: faq.xml,v 1.27 2006/07/02 23:34:03 rillig Exp $ --> <chapter id="faq"> <?dbhtml filename="faq.html"?> <title>Frequently Asked Questions</title> @@ -581,4 +581,31 @@ a security check before building any package. See </sect1> +<sect1 id="ufaq-fail"> +<title>A package does not build. What shall I do?</title> + + <procedure> + + <step><para>Make sure that your copy of pkgsrc is consistent. A + case that occurs often is that people only update pkgsrc in + parts, because of performance reasons. Since pkgsrc is one large + system, not a collection of many small systems, there are + sometimes changes that only work when the whole pkgsrc tree is + updated.</para></step> + + <step><para>Make sure that you don't have any CVS conflicts. + Search for <quote><<<<<<</quote> or + <quote>>>>>>></quote> in all your pkgsrc + files.</para></step> + + <step><para>Make sure that you don't have old copies of the packages + extracted. Run <command>make clean clean-depends</command> to + verify this.</para></step> + + <step><para>If the problem still exists, write a mail to the + <literal>pkgsrc-users</literal> mailing list.</para></step> + + </procedure> + +</sect1> </chapter> |