Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 08:01:37 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jeremy L. Stock" <jstock@winterzone.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Ports Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906100757110.348-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906091708450.3005-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Doug White wrote: > On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Christopher Michaels wrote: > > > This (of course) begs the question. If the make is failing because it > > requires the info distribution (is it a dist or a port?) then why isn't it > > considered to be a dependency? > > System components can't be depended on, although it is keying on the > existence of /usr/local/info/dir. Does that file exist? > > > Doug White > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org > Last night I installed the info distribution haven't tried reinstalling a port that has the check yet, but if they're looking for a file /usr/local/info/dir then they're still broken somehow. I used touch to create that file the first time a port install aborted and it made no difference. -- Jeremy L. Stock <jstock@winterzone.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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