Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:31:43 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: install-sh - permission denied Message-ID: <4ADDF3FF.1080705@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <7D877649A63342CB6EBBF48E@utd65257.utdallas.edu> References: <7D877649A63342CB6EBBF48E@utd65257.utdallas.edu>
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Paul Schmehl wrote:
> I'm working on a new port, and I'm getting this error during make insta=
ll:
>=20
> test -z "/usr/local/bin" || .././install-sh -c -d "/usr/local/bin"
> .././install-sh: Permission denied
>=20
> Can anyone tell me why I'm getting this?
>=20
> My system is 7.2 STABLE
> 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #13: Thu Sep 24 09:02:53 CDT 2009
>=20
> Ports are csuped daily.
>=20
At a guess, it's because you don't have sufficient permissions to run
=2E././install-sh with the arguments shown. Now, one fairly obvious reas=
on
why this wouldn't work is that .././install-sh isn't marked executable fo=
r
your UID. Judging by the file name, this is a shell script, so also chec=
k
that your UID has sufficient permissions to run the shell on the #! line
of the script too.
I can't really tell just by looking at the command names, but I'm guessin=
g
that this command creates /usr/local/bin as a directory if it doesn't alr=
eady
exist. Basically an obscurantist and over-engineered way of running a si=
mple:
# mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
This is entirely unnecessary when dealing with the ports. You may take i=
t
as read that the basic layout of directories under /usr/local will have b=
een
created for you by using mtree(8) and /etc/mtree/BSD.local.dist
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
Flat 3
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