From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 16 22:02:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA11772 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 May 1996 22:02:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu (alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu [129.22.16.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA11759 for ; Thu, 16 May 1996 22:01:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fox.CES.CWRU.Edu (fox.CES.CWRU.Edu [129.22.16.17]) by alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA04863 for ; Fri, 17 May 1996 00:59:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Kazem Akbari Received: (from akbari@localhost) by fox.CES.CWRU.Edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA00954 for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 17 May 1996 01:02:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199605170502.BAA00954@fox.CES.CWRU.Edu> Subject: Re: Is there anybody out there to help (3rd attempt) To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Fri, 17 May 96 1:02:03 EDT In-Reply-To: <9215.832294035@palmer.demon.co.uk>; from "Gary Palmer" at May 17, 96 1:47 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |==> |==> Kazem Akbari wrote in message ID |==> <199605162320.TAA00876@fox.CES.CWRU.Edu>: |==> > It has been five weeks now which I am struggling to install my |==> > FreeBSD-2.1 (Walnut Creek) package and build the ports in the |==> > /usr/ports directory, but in spite of all efforts the the "make" and |==> > "make print-index" commands are not working as instructed in the UNIX |==> > manual. The system asks for the target file of "make" and also says |==> > there is no entry for the index. It will be greatly appreciated if |==> > some kind souls give me a detailed direction for the successful |==> > installation of the FreeBSD-2.1 and resolving the fore-mentioned |==> > problems. Thank you in advance for your kind consideration and |==> > assistance. |==> |==> You really don't provide much information to go on. It sounds like you |==> already have FreeBSD installed? If so, what steps did you do prior to |==> attempting the ``make'' or ``make print-index'' in the /usr/ports |==> directory? There isn't a lot more I (or anyone else) can suggest |==> without knowing a lot more about what situation you are in. Dear Gary, thanks for your response. I believe I have installed the FreeBSD/XFree86 completely. After installation I went to /usr/ports directory and as it was instructed, I tried "make" and "make print-index" both which failed as I explained before. By the way, in the ports directory I got all the files (README, INDEX, ...) and directories (games, cad, x11, ...), and all the files in this directory (ports) have zero value when I try "du -s" and also all the files in the "distfiles" directory (".gz" files) have zero values (the same is true for /cdrom). I hope you can help me out to fix the problem. |==> |==> Also, please have some patience, this is not an instant support |==> service. freebsd-questions (the mail list you reached) is manned by |==> volunteers who donate time to help people with their FreeBSD |==> problems. Not all of them read the mail list all day, and not everyone |==> on the list knows how to help in every case. So a bit of patience |==> would go a long way ... I think I received 2 copies of your mail |==> within hours of each other. |==> I am very sorry for the misunderstanding. The reason is I purchased the FreeBSD-2.1 from Walnut Creek CD-Rom company, but their technical support team pays no attention to my frequent requests in this regard, so I thought I should have a voice on the FreeBSD list to wake them up, but it seems they don't care at all. Thanks again for the mail and anticipating your hints. Kazem. |==> Gary |==> -- |==> Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member |==> FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info |==> --