From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 12 21:17:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8431016A4E4 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 21:17:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from usgrant.trismegistus.net (wbar19.dal1-4.26.171.138.dal1.dsl-verizon.net [4.26.171.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC64543D1D for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 21:17:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hermes@trismegistus.net) Received: from sherman (sherman.trismegistus.net [192.168.0.12]) by usgrant.trismegistus.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F626B42; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:17:09 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:17:09 -0500 (CDT) From: Hermes Trismegistus To: John Merryweather Cooper In-Reply-To: <20040612210358.GA24451@borgdemon.losaca.adelphia.net> Message-ID: <20040612160951.C45218@sherman.trismegistus.net> References: <20040612153725.A81859@sherman.trismegistus.net> <20040612210358.GA24451@borgdemon.losaca.adelphia.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: FreeBSD ports Subject: Re: Interactive ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 21:17:47 -0000 John, you are a genius, and have hit this issue right-on. I set "BATCH=yes" some time ago to eliminate being hit on the meta-ports. Six hours of researching this, and, until your timely discernment, I was ready to "hit the bars and do some drinking fast". Thanks ever so much Cheers, J. Craig Woods UNIX/Linux Network/System Administration http://www.trismegistus.net/resume.htm Entropy requires no maintenance. On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, John Merryweather Cooper wrote: > It appears you're trying to compile an interactive port (one that has a > menu that a user must interact with) but you are trying to force it into > BATCH mode with a setting in your /etc/make.conf. BATCH mode causes > these ports to be skipped since they can't be built in BATCH mode. > > jmc > > On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 03:51:31PM -0500, Hermes Trismegistus wrote: >> >> Ok, it is with great trepidation that I ask this question, and, yes, I >> feel like a complete idiot (nothing new here). I have RTFM and STFW to >> no avail. While this topic is discussed ad infinitum in the archives, >> not even once is a simple "what to do" printed. So I run "make" in >> "/usr/ports/security/tripwire" it gives stdout that this is an >> "interactive port". Ok, I download the version of tripwire that is being >> referenced in the makefile, and cp it to "/usr/ports/disfiles", and I get >> the same stdout when doing a "make", "this is an interactive port". Ok, I >> get the message, it is indeed a interactive port. What the hell does this >> mean, and I how can I install this "interactive port". >> >> Cheers, >> >> J. Craig Woods >> UNIX/Linux Network/System Administration >> http://www.trismegistus.net/resume.htm >> Entropy requires no maintenance. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >