From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 6 16:33:24 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01E4416A400 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:33:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2ECD13C442 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:33:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 6913 invoked from network); 6 Feb 2007 16:33:23 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 6 Feb 2007 16:33:23 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 4E49D2842F; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:33:22 -0500 (EST) To: Gobbledegeek References: <463aea570702030550l4acc97dbu59c8ba6e0c005cac@mail.gmail.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:33:22 -0500 In-Reply-To: <463aea570702030550l4acc97dbu59c8ba6e0c005cac@mail.gmail.com> (gobbledegeek@gmail.com's message of "Sat, 3 Feb 2007 19:20:20 +0530") Message-ID: <44zm7r9rfx.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: error compiling linux-base-fc4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:33:24 -0000 Gobbledegeek writes: > Hi All > > build fails with the following error > > ===> Generating temporary packing list > ** Missing pkg-descr for autoconf-2.13.000227_5. > *** Error code 1 > > The full sequence is copied below: > --------------------------------------------- > ===> linux_base-fc-4_9 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/rpm2cpio - not found > ===> Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/rpm2cpio in > /usr/ports/archivers/rpm > ===> rpm-3.0.6_13 depends on executable in : gmake - found > ===> rpm-3.0.6_13 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/automake14 - not found > ===> Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/automake14 in > /usr/ports/devel/automake14 > ===> automake-1.4.6_2 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 - found > ===> automake-1.4.6_2 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/autoconf213 - not found > ===> Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/autoconf213 in > /usr/ports/devel/autoconf213 > ===> Installing for autoconf-2.13.000227_5 > ===> autoconf-2.13.000227_5 depends on executable in : gm4 - found > ===> autoconf-2.13.000227_5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 - found > ===> Generating temporary packing list > ** Missing pkg-descr for autoconf-2.13.000227_5. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/devel/autoconf213. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/devel/automake14. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/archivers/rpm. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-fc4. > --------------------------------- > > Thanks for your help Looks like the port skeleton is corrupt. Is the pkg-descr file there at all?