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httrack-3.46.1 make fails on OpenBSD current
Hi !
I was trying to compile httrack-3.46.1 on OpenBSD .. it failed as failed older versions that used to compile flawlessly on OpenBSD 5.0/5.1 .. i# sysctl kern.version Code:
kern.version=OpenBSD 5.2-current (GENERIC.MP) #5: Fri Aug 31 21:28:53 MDT 2012 deraadt@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP Code:
Script started on Tue Sep 4 05:29:10 2012 # ./configure checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for style of include used by make... GNU checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking for g++... g++ checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes checking dependency style of g++... gcc3 checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking build system type... i386-unknown-openbsd5.2 checking host system type... i386-unknown-openbsd5.2 checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/local/bin/gsed checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm checking whether ln -s works... yes checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 196608 checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes checking whether the shell understands "+="... no checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r checking for objdump... objdump checking how to recognize dependent libraries... match_pattern /lib[^/]+(\.so\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+|\.so|_pic\.a)$ checking for ar... ar checking for strip... strip checking for ranlib... ranlib checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... (cached) yes checking dependency style of g++... (cached) gcc3 checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E checking for objdir... .libs checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes checking dynamic linker characteristics... openbsd5.2 ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... yes checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if g++ static flag -static works... yes checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking dynamic linker characteristics... openbsd5.2 ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether ln -s works... yes checking size of long... 4 checking size of long long... 8 checking long long printf format... found checking for in_addr_t... yes checking if zlib is wanted... yes checking for inflateEnd in -lz... yes checking zlib.h usability... yes checking zlib.h presence... yes checking for zlib.h... yes checking for inflateEnd in -lz... (cached) yes checking zlib in /usr... ok checking for getaddrinfo in -lc... yes checking for fopen64 in -lc... no not found checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes checking for socket in -lsocket... no not necessary checking for iconv in -liconv... no not necessary checking for dlopen in -ldl... no not found checking for dlopen in -lc... yes checking for ftime in -lc... no not found checking for setuid in -lc... yes checking for snprintf... yes checking for vsnprintf... yes checking for working snprintf... yes checking for working vsnprintf... yes configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating Makefile config.status: creating src/Makefile config.status: creating man/Makefile config.status: creating m4/Makefile config.status: creating templates/Makefile config.status: creating lang/Makefile config.status: creating html/Makefile config.status: creating libtest/Makefile config.status: creating config.h config.status: config.h is unchanged config.status: executing depfiles commands config.status: executing libtool commands # make make all-recursive Making all in src ........ ....... ...... libtool: compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -O -g3 -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wnested-externs -D_REENTRANT -DINET6 -DPREFIX=\"/usr/local\" -DSYSCONFDIR=\"/usr/local/etc\" -DDATADIR=\"/usr/local/share\" -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib\" -I/usr/include -g -O2 -MT htscharset.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/htscharset.Tpo -c htscharset.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/htscharset.o htscharset.c:39: warning: no previous prototype for 'hts_isStringAscii' htscharset.c:355:19: error: iconv.h: No such file or directory htscharset.c:357: warning: no previous prototype for 'hts_convertStringToUTF8_' htscharset.c: In function 'hts_convertStringToUTF8_': htscharset.c:368: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'cp' htscharset.c:368: error: 'cp' undeclared (first use in this function) htscharset.c:368: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once htscharset.c:368: error: for each function it appears in.) htscharset.c:368: warning: implicit declaration of function 'iconv_open' htscharset.c:368: warning: nested extern declaration of 'iconv_open' htscharset.c:369: error: 'iconv_t' undeclared (first use in this function) htscharset.c:385: warning: implicit declaration of function 'iconv' htscharset.c:385: warning: nested extern declaration of 'iconv' htscharset.c:414: warning: implicit declaration of function 'iconv_close' htscharset.c:414: warning: nested extern declaration of 'iconv_close' htscharset.c: At top level: htscharset.c:457: warning: no previous prototype for 'hts_getCharsetFromContentType' *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/www/httrack-3.46.1/src (line 517 of Makefile). *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/www/httrack-3.46.1 (line 297 of Makefile). *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/www/httrack-3.46.1 (line 204 of Makefile). # Thanks you. |
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Thank you !
pkg_info -L libiconv Code:
Information for inst:libiconv-1.14 Files: /usr/local/lib/libcharset.so.1.1 /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.6.0 /usr/local/bin/iconv /usr/local/include/iconv.h /usr/local/include/libcharset.h /usr/local/include/localcharset.h /usr/local/lib/charset.alias /usr/local/lib/libcharset.a /usr/local/lib/libcharset.la /usr/local/lib/libiconv.a /usr/local/lib/libiconv.la /usr/local/man/man1/iconv.1 /usr/local/man/man3/iconv.3 /usr/local/man/man3/iconv_close.3 /usr/local/man/man3/iconv_open.3 /usr/local/man/man3/iconv_open_into.3 /usr/local/man/man3/iconvctl.3 /usr/local/share/doc/libiconv/iconv.1.html /usr/local/share/doc/libiconv/iconv.3.html /usr/local/share/doc/libiconv/iconv_close.3.html /usr/local/share/doc/libiconv/iconv_open.3.html /usr/local/share/doc/libiconv/iconv_open_into.3.html /usr/local/share/doc/libiconv/iconvctl.3.html |
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daemonfowl, posting only the output from pkg_info(1) did not answer my questions, or tell me anything about a change in status for your problem, if any.
I'll restate my questions, to try to obtain more information from you about your problem and its current status, and at the same time, try to provide possible guidance for all eventualities, since your problem state is unknown. Please reply with YES or NO to each question.
If the answer to Question a. is NO, you will need to do basic research on header files so that you can recognize them by name and by directory hierarchy. |
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1-yes
2- /usr/local/include/iconv.h but I'm afraid I don't know how to let 'make' learn about .. |
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Thank you jggimi !!
I guess I will do soon. (I had built httrack on a 5.0 box before I upgraded to 5.1/-current .. that's history .. luckily I can still use the httrack binary) |
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I don't know this application at all. But from what you've posted here
For your consideration: I will assume that since there are header files, the program source code is written in C, and a gcc(1) or gcc-compatible compiler is used. That compiler uses the -I option to add directories to the header file search. Perhaps the configure tool has an option to add compiler options and flags? These configure tools are usually shell scripts. Take a look through it, and see what the tool allows you to specify. Last edited by jggimi; 4th September 2012 at 08:30 PM. Reason: clarity |
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As I think about it, most configure scripts are created by GNU Autoconf. I'll bet
$ ./configure --help will tell you what options are available to you. ---- And, thinking about this even more, I'll bet you need to use devel/gmake rather than make(1). |
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Hey Savior ! gmake did the magic ..
Thank you so much !! :-) |
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I'm sorry it worked on NetBSD 6Beta2 .. I was too passionate to ever make sure what platform I was using ..
In OpenBSD current : I still get this message even with gmake (gmake-3.82p1) Code:
htscharset.c:39: warning: no previous prototype for 'hts_isStringAscii' htscharset.c:355:19: error: iconv.h: No such file or directory htscharset.c:357: warning: no previous prototype for 'hts_convertStringToUTF8_' htscharset.c: In function 'hts_convertStringToUTF8_': htscharset.c:368: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'cp' htscharset.c:368: error: 'cp' undeclared (first use in this function) htscharset.c:368: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once htscharset.c:368: error: for each function it appears in.) htscharset.c:368: warning: implicit declaration of function 'iconv_open' htscharset.c:368: warning: nested extern declaration of 'iconv_open' htscharset.c:369: error: 'iconv_t' undeclared (first use in this function) htscharset.c:385: warning: implicit declaration of function 'iconv' htscharset.c:385: warning: nested extern declaration of 'iconv' htscharset.c:414: warning: implicit declaration of function 'iconv_close' htscharset.c:414: warning: nested extern declaration of 'iconv_close' htscharset.c: At top level: htscharset.c:457: warning: no previous prototype for 'hts_getCharsetFromContentType' gmake[2]: *** [htscharset.lo] Error 1 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.46.1/src' gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.46.1' gmake: *** [all] Error 2 |
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but again : older version , httrack-3.45.1 was a success on the same box :
part of typescript Code:
Script started on Wed Sep 5 09:03:04 2012 # ./configure checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for style of include used by make... GNU checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking for g++... g++ checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes checking dependency style of g++... gcc3 checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking build system type... i386-unknown-openbsd5.2 checking host system type... i386-unknown-openbsd5.2 checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/local/bin/gsed checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm checking whether ln -s works... yes checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 196608 checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes checking whether the shell understands "+="... no checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r checking for objdump... objdump checking how to recognize dependent libraries... match_pattern /lib[^/]+(\.so\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+|\.so|_pic\.a)$ checking for ar... ar checking for strip... strip checking for ranlib... ranlib checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... (cached) yes checking dependency style of g++... (cached) gcc3 checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E checking for objdir... .libs checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes checking dynamic linker characteristics... openbsd5.2 ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... yes checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes .... ..... checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if g++ static flag -static works... yes checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking dynamic linker characteristics... openbsd5.2 ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether ln -s works... yes checking size of long... 4 checking size of long long... 8 checking long long printf format... found checking for in_addr_t... yes checking if zlib is wanted... yes checking for inflateEnd in -lz... yes checking zlib.h usability... yes checking zlib.h presence... yes checking for zlib.h... yes checking for inflateEnd in -lz... (cached) yes checking zlib in /usr... ok checking for getaddrinfo in -lc... yes checking for fopen64 in -lc... no not found checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes checking for socket in -lsocket... no not necessary checking for dlopen in -ldl... no not found checking for dlopen in -lc... yes checking for ftime in -lc... no not found checking for setuid in -lc... yes checking for snprintf... yes checking for vsnprintf... yes checking for working snprintf... yes checking for working vsnprintf... yes configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating Makefile config.status: creating src/Makefile config.status: creating man/Makefile config.status: creating m4/Makefile config.status: creating templates/Makefile config.status: creating lang/Makefile config.status: creating html/Makefile config.status: creating libtest/Makefile config.status: creating config.h config.status: executing depfiles commands config.status: executing libtool commands # gmake gmake all-recursive gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4' Making all in src gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/src' if /bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -O -g3 -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wnested-externs -D_REENTRANT -DINET6 -DPREFIX=\""/usr/local"\" -DSYSCONFDIR=\""/usr/local/etc"\" -DDATADIR=\""/usr/local/share"\" -DLIBDIR=\""/usr/local/lib"\" -I/usr/include -g -O2 -MT htscore.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/htscore.Tpo" -c -o htscore.lo htscore.c; \ then mv -f ".deps/htscore.Tpo" ".deps/htscore.Plo"; else rm -f ".deps/htscore.Tpo"; exit 1; fi libtool: compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -O -g3 -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wnested-externs -D_REENTRANT -DINET6 -DPREFIX=\"/usr/local\" -DSYSCONFDIR=\"/usr/local/etc\" -DDATADIR=\"/usr/local/share\" -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib\" -I/usr/include -g -O2 -MT htscore.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/htscore.Tpo -c htscore.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/htscore.o htscore.c: In function 'httpmirror': htscore.c:509: warning: the address of 'tempo' will always evaluate as 'true' htscore.c:541: warning: the address of 'url' will always evaluate as 'true' htscore.c:582: warning: the address of 'line' will always evaluate as 'true' htscore.c:604: warning: the address of 'codebase' will always evaluate as 'true' htscore.c: In function 'usercommand_exe': htscore.c:2664: warning: the address of 'c' will always evaluate as 'true' htscore.c: In function 'next_token': htscore.c:3103: warning: the address of 'tempo' will always evaluate as 'true' htscore.c:3111: warning: the address of 'tempo' will always evaluate as 'true' htscore.c: In function 'htsAddLink': htscore.c:3376: warning: the address of 'tempo' will always evaluate as 'true' htscore.c:3446: warning: the address of 'tempo' will always evaluate as 'true' htscore.c:3462: warning: the address of 'adr' will always evaluate as 'true' .... ..... gmake install-data-hook gmake[3]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/html' if test ! -L /usr/local/share/httrack/html ; then \ ( cd /usr/local/share/httrack \ && mv -f ../doc/httrack/html html \ && cd ../doc/httrack/ \ && ln -s ../../httrack/html html \ ) \ fi gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/html' gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/html' gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/html' gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4' gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4' gmake[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. gmake[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4' gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4' Making clean in html gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/html' rm -rf .libs _libs rm -f *.lo gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/html' Making clean in lang gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/lang' rm -rf .libs _libs rm -f *.lo gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/lang' Making clean in templates gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/templates' rm -rf .libs _libs rm -f *.lo gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/templates' Making clean in libtest gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/libtest' rm -rf .libs _libs test -z "libbaselinks.la libchangecontent.la libcontentfilter.la libdisplayheader.la libfilename2.la libfilename.la libfilenameiisbug.la liblistlinks.la liblog.la libsimple.la" || rm -f libbaselinks.la libchangecontent.la libcontentfilter.la libdisplayheader.la libfilename2.la libfilename.la libfilenameiisbug.la liblistlinks.la liblog.la libsimple.la rm -f "./so_locations" rm -f "./so_locations" rm -f "./so_locations" rm -f "./so_locations" rm -f "./so_locations" rm -f "./so_locations" rm -f "./so_locations" rm -f "./so_locations" rm -f "./so_locations" rm -f "./so_locations" rm -f *.o rm -f *.lo gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/libtest' Making clean in m4 gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/m4' rm -rf .libs _libs rm -f *.lo gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/m4' Making clean in man gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/man' rm -rf .libs _libs rm -f *.lo gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/man' Making clean in src gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/src' rm -f proxytrack proxytrack rm -f httrack httrack rm -f htsserver htsserver test -z "libhttrack.la libhtsjava.la" || rm -f libhttrack.la libhtsjava.la rm -f "./so_locations" rm -f "./so_locations" rm -rf .libs _libs rm -f *.o rm -f *.lo gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4/src' Making clean in . gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4' rm -rf .libs _libs rm -f *.lo gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/httrack-3.45.4' # |
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Porting of applications designed for other operating systems requires knowledge and skill which you currently lack. You were lucky with the prior release, and you were lucky with NetBSD, in that they ported successfully without any modifications. More often then not, modifications are required. And you were not lucky this time. You need the ability to read and understand the error messages, then you need knowledge of the application's particular build process in order to interpret these error messages and make appropriate remediation. You don't appear to have these capabilities. If you want to get starting on gaining the ability to port your own software, you should read the OpenBSD Porter's Handbook. Section 3.2 is specific to the issues that arise with GNU Autoconf and its configure scripts. But the Handbook is a guide for those experienced with application building -- I mean peope who do Makefile design and deployment, not people who type "make && make install". As you will not obtain these skills quickly, I recommend (again) that you communicate with your application developers. They will either:
Last edited by jggimi; 5th September 2012 at 01:10 AM. Reason: clarity |
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SO far ,
OpenBSD Code:
sysctl kern.version kern.version=OpenBSD 5.2-current (GENERIC.MP) #5: Fri Aug 31 21:28:53 MDT 2012 deraadt@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP gmake-3.82p1 libiconv-1.14/ HTTrack version 3.45-4-nossl+libhtsjava.so.2 NetBSD Code:
sysctl kern.version kern.version = NetBSD 6.0_BETA2 (GENERIC) gmake-3.82nb5/ libiconv-1.14nb2/ HTTrack version 3.46+libhtsjava.so.2 |
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Porting applications is possible. Thousands of applications have been ported.
However, porting is a complicated endeavor. Most applications require changes to the build/install toolchain configuration, or require code patches, or both. This means that porting usually requires the porter to have:
If you follow ports@ or misc@, you will see application porting questions arise from time to time. You will also see good answers -- when the questions are sufficiently narrow and specific that an answer can be provided. You will rarely see a (polite) answer to someone who posts a slew of error messages without having also shown a minimal level of debugging and toolchain skills. One memorable post I recall seeing on a OpenBSD mailing list in response to query like yours was impolite, but to the point: Quote:
I have nothing more to say about porting in general or your problem in particular. |
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Sir jggimi , what you're saying is definitely true .. I started the thread because I've been using httrack since OpenBSD 5.0 through 5.1 flawlessly until recent -current upgrade .. as for porting , that's something I'd aspire to , but it's not my current preoccupation as I lack basic skills ..
To the guy with the phallocentric phrase : how tall would it take to 'dive' into 'python' ?? I've read something about Freudian symbology and what phallic usage might be suggestive of .. (even though I'm Jungian and never conceived of Libido as Freud did) .. just n impression : maybe the OpenBSD/NetBSD comparison upsets my teacher .. It just happened that I need functional multilingual kde (gnome 3 experience was lame and kde on OpenBSD lacks in that keyb layout feature -empty- .. and I need to use many layouts easily .. so NetBSD as clean Unix and closest to my favotite OS comes to rescue as came once on iMac (and yes X rocks on iMac with NetBSD 6 BETA2 :-) ) .. and I like Daemonforums for the room it gives and the chance to learn it offers .. Thank you for all assistance and for being patient with us as well .. |
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As for learning python -- that is something I believe you are capable of doing if you are patient and willing to learn. Find a tutorial for beginners on the Internet, and get started. |
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I appreciate your invitation .. Thank you!
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