From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 30 2:58:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.ops.uunet.co.za (axl.ops.uunet.co.za [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D53B337B761 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2000 02:58:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.ops.uunet.co.za) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.ops.uunet.co.za) by axl.ops.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.13 #1) id 12accD-0005Ai-00; Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:55:53 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Guy Middleton Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't install Linux compatibility, or, why RPM isn't our friend In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 29 Mar 2000 21:48:47 EST." <20000329214847.A18153@chaos.obstruction.com> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:55:53 +0200 Message-ID: <19883.954413753@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 21:48:47 EST, Guy Middleton wrote: > I have been trying without success to install the linux_base package. > The install target in the makefile calls rpm to install the RPM-format > package files, but the bash package mysteriously fails to install. Turning > on debugging for rpm give no useful info. If you have rev 1.38 or later of ports/emulators/linux_base/Makefile, you should probably contact the linux_base maintainer, marcel@FreeBSD.org . If not, I'd suggest that you update your ports tree and try again. If you contact Marcel, expect delays. I don't think he has great connectivity at the moment. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message