Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 21:25:45 -0500 (CDT) From: Jordan Klein <haplo@ibm.net> To: Marty Gordon <mlghome@home.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problems making x11 ports: missing /etc/mtree/BSD.x11.dist Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970722212407.21592A-100000@dilbert.my.net> In-Reply-To: <33D325EE.167EB0E7@home.com>
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On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Marty Gordon wrote: > I keep running into the same problem making many of the x11 'stable' > ports. It can't find the BSD.x11.dist file. It's not on my 2.2.2 CD > either. This is after I tried using cvsup for ports-all. (my prior > message). > > Here's a typical complaint when making something from /usr/ports/x11: > > ===> Installing for xview-config-3.2.1 > > mtree: /etc/mtree/BSD.x11.dist: No such file or directory > *** Error code 1 > > What is currently there is: > /etc/mtree > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 798 May 20 03:36 BSD.root.dist > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 9103 May 20 03:36 BSD.usr.dist > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1732 May 20 03:36 BSD.var.dist > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 3291 May 20 03:36 BSD.local.dist > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 643 May 20 03:36 BSD.include.dist > > which seems a bit out of date AND the x11 file is missing. > > What's the 'best' way to get the up-to-date files and keep them current? > > Also, after my first 2-day marathon 'make world' following the 2.2.2 CD > and then multiple cvsup's for stable, do I do a 'make world' after each > cvsup? Will it run much faster now, i.e. only do makes for the > downloaded updates or is there a better way to rebuild my system after > weekly cvsup's? > > I guess I'm starting to get a FreeBSD addition. ;-) > > Thanks, > Marty > > Look for the file in /usr/src/etc/mtree. If you've been cvsupping, it'll be there. Not certain about base 2.2.2 distribution tho. I had the same problem till I copied the file into /etc/mtree. Jordan Klein Playing with FreeBSD and loving it jklein @ theramp . net haplo @ ibm . net http://www.theramp.net/jklein http://www.ibm.net Spam me and die Remove spaces from email addr to reply
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