Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 19:21:17 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1049937678.91694b@mired.org> To: Cory Bajus <cbajus@mts.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Read-only /usr/ports (problem with fontconfig) Message-ID: <16014.12173.346908.325970@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20030405000650.GA44940@rigel.bajus.ca> References: <20030405000650.GA44940@rigel.bajus.ca>
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In <20030405000650.GA44940@rigel.bajus.ca>, Cory Bajus <cbajus@mts.net> typed: > Is a read-only /usr/ports directory supported? Yes, it is. You're supposed to be able to build ports off of a CDROM. > I received the following error message during installation of > x11-fonts/fontconfig (as part of a build of x11/XFree86-4): > > install -c -o root -g wheel -m 444 ./fontconfig.pc /usr/X11R6/libdata/pkgconfig > /fontconfig.pc > gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/work/usr/ports/x11-fonts/fontconfig/work/fontc > onfig-2.1.92' > gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/work/usr/ports/x11-fonts/fontconfig/work/fontc > onfig-2.1.92' > ===> Generating temporary packing list > cannot create /usr/ports/x11-fonts/fontconfig/pkg-install: read-only file system > *** Error code 2 > Stop in /usr/ports/x11-fonts/fontconfig. > *** Error code 1 > Stop in /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-libraries. > *** Error code 1 > Stop in /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4. > > My /usr/ports directory is NFS mounted (read-only) from another > system. I have the following entries in /etc/make.conf to allow > multiple clients to share the same /usr/ports tree: > > WRKDIRPREFIX= /usr/work (local directory) > DISTDIR= /usr/distfiles (NFS mounted read-write) > > Is it normal for a port to try to write into /usr/ports when > WRKDIRPREFIX is defined like this? No, it isn't. I've been using a setup similar to yours for years, and have never had a problem. I could swear I saw a note in the porter's handbook that scratch files were supposed to be built in $(WRKDIR), which is in $(WRKDIRPREFIX). I'd contact the maintainer of the of the fontconfig port about this - it seems like it's touching something it shouldn't. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.
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