Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 21:43:37 +0000 From: "Magnus" <ambein@mail.unixg.ubc.ca> To: support@cdrom.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ports won't build Message-ID: <E0zKbEf-0002ss-00@mail.unixg.ubc.ca>
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Dear Tech supporters, I realize your time is valuable and you have thousands of questions to answer daily. I managed to create a symbolic link between /usr/ports/distfiles and /cdrom/ports/distfiles. I did this with the following procedure: # bash # mount -t cd9660 /dev/matcd0a /cdrom # cd /cdrom/ports/distfiles # mkdir -p /usr/ports/distfiles # for i in *; do > ln -s $i /usr/ports/distfiles/$i > done # cd /usr/pots/editors/staroffice # make [or make install] My problems percedes this command and I have tryed making numerous other packages with very similar outputs, what follows looks like this: >> StarOffice31-common.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist on this system. >> Attempting to fetch from file: /cdrom/ports/distfiles//. cp: /cdrom/ports/distfiles//StarOffice31-common.tar.gz: No such file or directory >> Attempting to fetch from ftp [....] >> Couldn't fetch it [....] >> Port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again. *** Error code 1 Stop. *** Error code 1 Stop. *** Error code 1 Stop. # Is it just that I'm selecting packages that don't have the source archived on the cds? Is it because some source is archived as .tgz not .tar.gz? Or is it that I need to link /usr/ports/ with /cdrom/packages/? I hope this desription is sufficient for a solution! I appreciate any guidance you can offer me -- I've been at this for two weeks. Thanks, Magnus Bein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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