From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Jan 11 17:27:25 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA04028 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 17:27:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA04008 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 17:27:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA18064; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:56:41 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id LAA31465; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:56:40 +1030 (CST) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:56:39 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Troy Thoele Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Port Make Problem - could not find bsd.port.pre.mk Message-ID: <19990112115639.Q8886@freebie.lemis.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Troy Thoele on Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 06:40:12PM -0600 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [Format recovered at freebie.lemis.com] On Monday, 11 January 1999 at 18:40:12 -0600, Troy Thoele wrote: > Greetings Group - > > I am new to FreeBSD, and have been working on a new install of > version 3 current. > Every time I try to install some packages, I get the error 'could > not find bsd.port.pre.mk' and could not find bsd.port.post.mk'. > > Where are these files located, and how do I fix this? They *should* be located in /usr/share/mk. It looks like you're missing them, which suggests to me that you've upgraded from an earlier version: they're relatively new files. If you really don't have them locally, you might be able to find them somewhere on ftp.FreeBSD.org. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message