From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 19 02:31:44 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 B48BC16A4CE for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 02:31:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from floyd.gnulife.org (floyd.gnulife.org [199.86.41.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 585C643D69 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 02:31:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jamie@gnulife.org) Received: from floyd.gnulife.org (localhost.gnulife.org [127.0.0.1]) by floyd.gnulife.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6J2VNGQ021255; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 21:31:23 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jamie@gnulife.org) Received: from localhost (jamie@localhost)i6J2VN6U021252; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 21:31:23 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jamie@gnulife.org) X-Authentication-Warning: floyd.gnulife.org: jamie owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 21:31:23 -0500 (CDT) From: Jamie To: eajhar@yahoo.com Message-ID: <20040718212933.D21232@floyd.gnulife.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade/portinstall problem - Error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 02:31:44 -0000 Sorry, in my example I didn't give the full path to the xworld port. Should be: grep PORTNAME /usr/ports/astro/xworld/Makefile - Jamie Greetings from Minneapolis, MN, United States "A friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself." ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 21:28:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Jamie To: Edward Ajhar Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade/portinstall problem On Sun, 18 Jul 2004, Edward Ajhar wrote: > I don't seem to be able to install ports any longer. This is what > happens, for example, > > # portinstall astro/xworld > ---> Session started at: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 21:30:03 -0400 > ** None has been installed or upgraded. > ---> Session ended at: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 21:30:04 -0400 > (consumed00:00:00) > # > > > Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this behavior? The portname (the directory name) is probably inconsistent with the PORTNAME in the Makefile for the port. To correct it, do this: grep PORTNAME /usr/ports/astro/Makefile Then use the the value of PORTNAME with portinstall: portinstall xworld - Jamie > > Thanks. > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Vote for the stars of Yahoo!'s next ad campaign! > http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/yahoo/votelifeengine/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Greetings from Minneapolis, MN, United States "A friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself."