From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 11 15:02:37 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FB2B16A41F for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:02:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from lakecmmtao05.coxmail.com (lakecmmtao05.coxmail.com [68.99.120.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A20C343D49 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:02:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from dns1 ([64.58.171.82]) by lakecmmtao05.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20050911150236.BWIO2425.lakecmmtao05.coxmail.com@dns1>; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:02:36 -0400 From: Vizion To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 07:58:11 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <200509091638.13875.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <44irx7ybjm.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <44irx7ybjm.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200509110758.12398.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Cc: Lowell Gilbert Subject: Re: Katrina project -- How can I get the libmagic distribution for freebsd 5.3 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: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:02:37 -0000 On Sunday 11 September 2005 06:33, the author Lowell Gilbert contributed to the dialogue on- Re: Katrina project -- How can I get the libmagic distribution for freebsd 5.3: >Vizion writes: >> I have reason to doubt the validity of my libmagic distribution. >> >> I urgently need to resolve this for a non-profit project to provide >> services for Katrina survivors. >> >> Does anyone help me to get and re-install that distribution correctly? >> >> Thanks >> >> FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 >> root@harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > >libmagic is part of the base system, and imports are regularly taken >from the maintainer. The easiest thing to do would be to update your >whole system; short of that, updating just that library from the >FreeBSD cvs tree would probably be the simplest. > >If you really want to go to source, I recall there being some pointers >in a makefile indicating where it came from... Thanks very much In fact it turned out that libmagic was OK on my system. The problem was in fact caused by a bug in the php5 Makefile which, on FreeBSD 5.3 was looking for libmagic in the wrong location. At the same time the console message asked the user to reinstall libmagic -- which of cource would not have put libmagic in the place that the makefile was looking at!!! I have let ale@freebsd.org know about that bug and another bug in the php5 make so it will no doubt get fixed in the next version. Thanks again david Thanks for your help -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after completing engineroom refit.