Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 01:48:36 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Mark Linimon <linimon@freebsd.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports Makefile ports/Mk bsd.port.mk bsd.port.subdir.mk ports/converters/mule-ucs Makefile ports/converters/mule-ucs-emacs20 Makefile ports/databases/bbdb Makefile ports/databases/bbdb-emacs20 Makefile ports/databases/gnats4 ... Message-ID: <20060201064836.GA94878@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20060201061551.GB678@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <200601280211.k0S2Ba7S086226@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060131182842.GA73126@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20060131192033.GA11720@xor.obsecurity.org> <20060201061551.GB678@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 05:15:51PM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Tue, 2006-Jan-31 14:20:33 -0500, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 05:28:42AM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > >> On Sat, 2006-Jan-28 02:11:36 +0000, Mark Linimon wrote: > >> > Modified files: > >> > . Makefile > >> > Mk bsd.port.mk bsd.port.subdir.mk > >> ... > >> > Revision Changes Path > >> > 1.95 +17 -11 ports/Makefile > >> > 1.524 +43 -40 ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk > >> > 1.64 +6 -4 ports/Mk/bsd.port.subdir.mk > >> > >> I have my ports tree in /home, rather than /usr and since these > >> changes, I am getting extensive errors from 'portsdb -uU': > > > >What configuration variables are you setting? e.g. PORTSDIR, etc. > > /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf: > ENV['PORTSDIR'] ||= '/usr/ports' > ENV['PACKAGES'] ||= ENV['PORTSDIR'] + '/packages' > ENV['PKG_PATH'] ||= ENV['PACKAGES'] + '/All' > ENV['PKG_TMPDIR'] ||= '/var/tmp' > ENV['PORTS_DBDIR'] ||= '/var/db/ports' > > server% ls -l /usr/ports > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11 1 Jan 2005 /usr/ports -> /home/ports > > Nothing relevant in the environment. > > I've done some checking and if I change PORTSDIR to /home/ports then > the messages disappear. This implies that PORTSDIR must be the > absolute pathname - which isn't mentioned in the documentation. There's an old PR about it: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/35767 I'm actually surprised to hear that it started working at some point. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD4FnDWry0BWjoQKURAiuHAJ95GqRdwLGJSnzFlVKNp4tVizcWJwCdFpnk Wi59H7Zua1BiMdwB3nAX1SE= =l6HG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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