From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 10 16:08:05 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8961216A4CE; Mon, 10 May 2004 16:08:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from heisenberg.zen.co.uk (heisenberg.zen.co.uk [212.23.3.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87F6D43D53; Mon, 10 May 2004 16:08:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from [82.68.31.178] (helo=crom.vickiandstacey.com) by heisenberg.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BNJsJ-000162-D5; Mon, 10 May 2004 23:07:55 +0000 Received: from crom.vickiandstacey.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i4AN7gEF064939; Tue, 11 May 2004 00:07:49 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from stacey@crom.vickiandstacey.com) Received: (from stacey@localhost) by crom.vickiandstacey.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i4AN7QuW064938; Tue, 11 May 2004 00:07:26 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from stacey) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 00:07:26 +0100 From: Stacey Roberts To: Joe Marcus Clarke Message-ID: <20040510230726.GO393@crom.vickiandstacey.com> References: <200405101209.38370@misha-mx.virtual-estates.net> <20040510185643.GM393@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <200405101727.28793@misha-mx.virtual-estates.net> <1084225017.888.51.camel@gyros> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1084225017.888.51.camel@gyros> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Originating-Heisenberg-IP: [82.68.31.178] cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users cc: Mikhail Teterin cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/66439: portupgrade -R pilot-link-0.11.8_2 fails with latest cvsup X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 23:08:05 -0000 Hi, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Marcus Clarke " To: To Mikhail Teterin Date: Mon, 10 May, 2004 22:36 BST Subject: Re: ports/66439: portupgrade -R pilot-link-0.11.8_2 fails with latest cvsup > On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 17:27, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/66439 > > > > = === Aborted, please remove /nonexistent > > > > =I noted the message, but I'm a bit weary of removing that directory as > > =its was created, and being used by gdm, the www user and one or two > > =others *by default*. That is, I did-not-create-that directory. > > > > =What I'm curious about is the fact that I've been using FreeBSD / Gnome > > =/ Evolution / pilot-link on this box for years, without having this > > =issue until now. Is there something in this.., > > > > I made pilot-link default to Tk-8.4 (rather than 8.3 as before). So it > > tries to build Tk-8.4 and fails because /nonexistent is there. I have no > > idea, why gdm would create it... Gnome, any comments? > > We don't create it explicitly, but it is used for the gdm user home > directory. Perhaps pw is creating it... Had a look through man pw(8), and here is the relevant section: -s shell Set or changes the user's login shell to shell. If the path to the shell program is omitted, pw searches the shellpath specified in /etc/pw.conf and fills it in as appropriate. Note that unless you have a specific reason to do so, you should avoid specifying the path - this will allow pw to validate that the program exists and is exe- cutable. Specifying a full path (or supplying a blank "" shell) avoids this check and allows for such entries as /nonexistent that should be set for accounts not intended for interactive login. So for those users / applications that should not be issued with logins (like gdm, www & nobody) get issued with "/nonexistent" as home dirs by default. I've mentioned this before in another thread previously, but didn't get very far with the maintainer concerned at the time, who insisted that I "must have created /nonexistent myself" at some point. I'd be interested to see how this turns out, please. Regards, Stacey > > Joe > > > > > If you are happy with Tk-8.3 and don't want to install 8.4 just for > > pilot-link, you can add TCL_VER=8.3 to either /etc/make.conf or to the > > make's command line. > > > > -mi > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- > PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc > > -- Stacey Roberts B. Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com