Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 15:17:29 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Jim Flowers <jflowers@ezo.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_create error help Message-ID: <20030524221729.GC98834@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20030524142346.M92078@ezo.net> References: <20030524142346.M92078@ezo.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, May 24, 2003 at 09:39:03AM -0500, Jim Flowers wrote: > I run a number of FreeBSD 4.X servers going back to 4.4. When I download a > port that wasn't included in the release, it makes and make installs OK until > I get the error below. Then I rm -r /var/db/pkg/portname to get rid of the > partial record (else it causes reporting problems) and the port works fine. > > Is there anything I can do to get around this without updating the OS (these > are production servers)? Looks like it is just a wrong parameter or a > missing set of quotes wherever pkg_create is called from > (/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk?). It's likely to do with a command-line option to pkg_create that is not present on FreeBSD 4.4. You'd have to either try updating the pkg_tools to newer code or hack bsd.port.mk to not use the newer option. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+z+95Wry0BWjoQKURAuS+AJ99xTrPut8WBHZfqUSDvNbwjhtfiACfcx7p Vb9IPn3DolecpnmG3w5VUbg= =y/2d -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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