Bug 140583

Summary:	ports/print/acroread9 - handbook and port fail to mention that linux emulation must be already on before attempting port build
Product:	Documentation	Reporter:	Frank Durda IV <uhclem>
Component:	Books & Articles	Assignee:	Hiroki Sato <hrs>
Status:	Closed Overcome By Events
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Latest
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Frank Durda IV freebsd_committer

2009-11-15 20:40:00 UTC

When following instructions from Handbook (6.4.1), it
states that to build acroread you merely need to

Fix: 

Enabling emulation, rebooting and re-attempting the
make install clean appears to work as expected.
This appears to solve the issue for acroread7, 8 and 9
ports.

The linux_enable="YES prerequisite for the build to work
(never mind for operation, which can be understood)
should at least be mentioned in the handbook instructions,
and certainly stated in a README or something in the port
directory themselves where that dependency exists.

Alternatively, is there a way for the make file for the
port to turn emulation on before it gets going?  That might
be the most elegant solution.
How-To-Repeat: On a freshly installed system where linux emulation
is not yet enabled, follow the instructions shown in the
handbook for building acroread7 (or alter that to build
acroread8 or acroread9).

Comment 1 Edwin Groothuis freebsd_committer

2009-11-15 20:41:49 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-ports-bugs->hrs

Over to maintainer (via the GNATS Auto Assign Tool)

Comment 2 Tijl Coosemans freebsd_committer

2016-09-06 09:24:53 UTC

Closing old bug: print/acroread9 has been removed on 2014-08-30 due to security issues and lack of upstream support.