Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:38:35 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: meshko@cs.brandeis.edu Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/11093: remind user that he needs to be root to install port Message-ID: <19990412133835.55410@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19990412032503.1B6DC153BE@hub.freebsd.org>; from meshko@cs.brandeis.edu on Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 08:25:03PM -0700 References: <19990412032503.1B6DC153BE@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 08:25:03PM -0700, meshko@cs.brandeis.edu wrote:
> Well, may be the problem is with me (most likely) but still i think
> somebody must have had the same problem...
> I've been using ports collection for two years now (so I am not
> total newbie) and I think it's great, but I always repeat the same
> mistake -- I cd /usr/ports/whatever and try to make forgetting to su.
> The problem is that make starts fine and connects to ftp site and starts
> download when it finally notices that it can't create the local file!
> First of all with slow connection it takes some time before I find out
> that I screwed up. But what is even worth it actually took me some time
> to figure out what does this permission denied message mean. I thought
> that file is closed on the ftp server! (yes, yes, very dumb, thank you)
> Well, anyway I guess it would be nice to have makefile check if user
> have access to ports directory and report error clearly...
> thanks for your time
I can identify with your problem, but I think this is a documentation
problem not a ports problem.
What documentation did you read to learn how to install a port?
Maybe we can fix it so that it's clearer in future.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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