From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 25 20:24:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A74B106566B for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:24:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26F478FC1B for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:24:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m6PKOOS0094226; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:24:24 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daleco.biz Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ezekiel.daleco.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 1x6CVUuMpks6; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:24:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz (dsl.daleco.biz [209.125.108.70]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m6PKOFZi094214; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:24:16 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <488A366A.4090901@daleco.biz> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:24:10 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080719 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: stevefranks@ieee.org References: <539c60b90807241547x6abefbaepc8ce9a84784b44d5@mail.gmail.com> <48891697.707@daleco.biz> <539c60b90807241729y6d88e899g5d2acd739c6ad65e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90807241729y6d88e899g5d2acd739c6ad65e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: new vanilla system fails to install many packages/ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:24:30 -0000 Steve Franks wrote: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote: >> Steve Franks wrote: >>> I must be missing something obvious. About 25% of my dependencies >>> fail to install with errors like: >>> >>> "install-info: /usr/local/info/dir: empty file" >>> "pkg-add: command 'install-info --quiet /blah.info' failed" >>> >>> system is 7.0/i386 >>> >>> Steve >> "info" is GNU-related. Any reason that GNU-stuff, esp. >> "info", wouldn't have been installed/built thus far? >> (I dunno, but, maybe a csup with the GNU stuff rejected >> or commented out ...) >> > > All I did was a "developer" (not x developer) sysinstall off 7.0 disk > 1. No tweaking, hacking, or extra packages until I got a clean boot > onto the new disk. I'm somewhere between user and power user. I have > 5 running freebsd systems under my belt, and was going to do my laptop > (I've given up on it several times already - bloody compaq). > >> And anything these ports have in common (assuming they're >> all GNU for starters). They aren't Linuxolator stuff? >> > > Seems to me, they all use gnuinfo instead of manpages? I don't even > know what gnuinfo is, nor linuxulator. > Right, GNU programs may have manpages, but they also have "info" pages which were developed by GNU as a replacement for the UNIX manual (I'm assuming based on past reading ... memory ain't all it used to be). "Linuxulator" or however it's spelled is just a colloquialism for the FreeBSD linux emulation. I've got few guesses for ya. "Developer" package has documentation, correct? Or not? What's "ls -ld /usr/local/info" give? > (!) Bison won't even install (makes fine, but install fails), and > that's pretty darn basic, no? > > Steve Yup, 'tis. Tho' I figure someday BSD'ers would like to have their own implementation. Again, just a guess. KDK -- When all else fails, EAT!!!