From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 30 1:40: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gate.bull.se (bull.se [193.44.17.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76718150B1 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 01:39:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mar@bull.se) Received: from bull.se (eq08.bull.se [129.181.241.108]) by gate.bull.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA36624 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 10:42:54 +0200 Received: from pcmarhem (kloker.bull.se [129.181.241.95]) by bull.se (AIX4.3/UCB 8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA06924 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 10:42:33 +0200 Reply-To: From: "mark rowlands" To: Subject: RE: 3.3-R install problem - solution Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 10:34:41 +0200 Message-ID: <000001bf0b1f$600e39e0$5ff1b581@pcmarhem> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <000901bf0a44$d6ea5ac0$ecf3b581@bull.no> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Did a clean install with no ports - still got the message about local install fail installed bash - cause i like it lo! I had stuff in /usr/local - maybe the first 3 times I just did something dumb, 3 times? -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of mark rowlands Sent: den 29 september 1999 08:36 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: 3.3-R install problem This caused problems for me, any package add that depends on anything in usr/local fails cannont open /usr/local/libexec........ for example -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Sheldon Hearn Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 3:41 AM To: walton@nordicrecords.com Cc: Subject: Re: 3.3-R install problem On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 18:19:13 MST, "Dave Walton" wrote: > I just installed 3.3-R on a box via FTP (distribution "All"). At the > end of the install, it reported that it was unable to find distribution > "local". Did this cause the installation to fail in any noticeable way? I don't know for sure, so wait for confirmation from someone who does, but I suspect that the local distribution is for folks who want to provide additional files for installation (e.g. installed packages) for use by all machines at the site which use a local ftp server. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message