From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 3 20:00:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 435A816A4CE for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 20:00:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E10A343D62 for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 20:00:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joshua.lokken@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 68so11529wra for ; Fri, 03 Dec 2004 12:00:33 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=qU+WuFC2gWd6Nm1W1js8qk6r/7YTCkCKXVGqQPRNwh/+05v/yn6/odhpMW8+6NBwbEyZTyXYtwGOsu8DfXdvwQCxBlRm1Qsn4htBbk2HBP+p/wJZb2NLVYeIHT29k9FyuLD8l+fNPt2s7VqBJpN6l+MCvCO76xswwplW+ZdLYL0= Received: by 10.54.6.39 with SMTP id 39mr1589596wrf; Fri, 03 Dec 2004 12:00:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.11.34 with HTTP; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 12:00:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:00:33 -0600 From: Joshua Lokken To: epilogue In-Reply-To: <20041202204948.28dc6530@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20041203001318.GB6015@gardnerclan.net> <20041202204948.28dc6530@localhost> cc: Jerry Gardner cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Joshua Lokken List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 20:00:37 -0000 On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 20:49:48 -0500, epilogue wrote: > On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 16:13:19 -0800 > Jerry Gardner wrote: > > > I just loaded FreeBSD 5.3 a few days ago, and generally things are > > running well, with a few exceptions: > > hello jerry, > > > 1) How do I stop the Sendmail daemons from starting at boot? I have > > sendmail_enable="NO" set in /etc/rc.conf, but two sendmail > > processes are running after boot. > > 'man rc.sendmail' -- read it closely -- note that "NONE" works for > the moment, but is deprecated and scheduled to be removed. > > > 2) How do I set GCC flags when compiling a port. I added > > CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe" to /etc/make.conf, but > > get an error when building a port. The error is get is > > "env: -pipe No such file or directory" > > /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf may help you here. > > > 3) I think I might have a permissions problem in my home directory. > > Certain applications (Firefox and xfce, for exacmple) can't seem to > > write files under my home directory. I can create files using an > > editor, and download files, but these two applications fail when > > trying to modify their configuration options. > > it would have been very helpful for you to post the perms you have. > these work for my $HOME --> drwxr-xr-x > > > 4) I installed portupgrade from the port, and built the database using > > > > 'pkgdb -f', but whenever I run portupgrade or portversion, it > > displays a message "Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait.." and hangs > > there forever. How do I fix this? > > it probably isn't hanging, but actually generating a new INDEX for you. > solutions to this have been discussed ad nauseum in several of mailing > lists. It may not be hanging, but I've got the same behavior on a fresh 4.10 box at home, it chugs away for awhile, then the 'make' process(es) just sit there doing absolutely nothing forever. But, as you say, the answer is right there in /usr/ports/UPDATING. -- Joshua Lokken Open Source Advocate