From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 28 16:30:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 567E41065678 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:30:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0EEE8FC2E for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:30:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so1297355ywe.13 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:30:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to :sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references :x-google-sender-auth; bh=/bCoap5LKkfqZo0ZMEpaeZ8sXK7TfcwO8Bq64z+ylCY=; b=JW+SqAtcpbsORwSH0W6Dqci9PGPqpZb5KwmAQRTaILql56KBD2UYWp9V/wchCIaDdv MRLqwYWx8cFNOtkvw0iDryv/QEz896QOusgpg5BI83yaC2d6QmVFlQPD3SSo7l8xXRrc h17sW8kWxevaQjeS/AqR5vYX3wXTEg7r0vTHs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=sBWyb/+NcddzXBwj9w4r5glGVjupWhBaPgWLHHPChqTa0P4xprSIAiRxMgwZkt6kuD CG7Lp2HsItJ3AG/rASmZ81lCQFMqhLucNFj5vO0XTGnaauW2LWOjHZo8g2HuhzZWCynZ i2jljg38O8657oaRqBSnLfy1+i8sWcMITq/+0= Received: by 10.100.173.9 with SMTP id v9mr6230212ane.155.1217262611844; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:30:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.124.5 with HTTP; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:30:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <539c60b90807280930tc9f5bdbqadc9c79362e1a39a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:30:11 -0700 From: "Steve Franks" Sender: bahamasfranks@gmail.com To: "Kevin Kinsey" In-Reply-To: <488A366A.4090901@daleco.biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <539c60b90807241547x6abefbaepc8ce9a84784b44d5@mail.gmail.com> <48891697.707@daleco.biz> <539c60b90807241729y6d88e899g5d2acd739c6ad65e@mail.gmail.com> <488A366A.4090901@daleco.biz> X-Google-Sender-Auth: e9c9a822612ac203 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: new vanilla system fails to install many packages/ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: stevefranks@ieee.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:30:13 -0000 On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Steve Franks wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote: >>> >>> Steve Franks wrote: >>>> >>>> I must be missing something obvious. About 25% of my dependencies >>>> fail to install with errors like: >>>> >>>> "install-info: /usr/local/info/dir: empty file" >>>> "pkg-add: command 'install-info --quiet /blah.info' failed" >>>> >>>> system is 7.0/i386 >>>> >>>> Steve >>> >>> "info" is GNU-related. Any reason that GNU-stuff, esp. >>> "info", wouldn't have been installed/built thus far? >>> (I dunno, but, maybe a csup with the GNU stuff rejected >>> or commented out ...) >>> >> >> All I did was a "developer" (not x developer) sysinstall off 7.0 disk >> 1. No tweaking, hacking, or extra packages until I got a clean boot >> onto the new disk. I'm somewhere between user and power user. I have >> 5 running freebsd systems under my belt, and was going to do my laptop >> (I've given up on it several times already - bloody compaq). >> >>> And anything these ports have in common (assuming they're >>> all GNU for starters). They aren't Linuxolator stuff? >>> >> >> Seems to me, they all use gnuinfo instead of manpages? I don't even >> know what gnuinfo is, nor linuxulator. >> > > Right, GNU programs may have manpages, but they also have > "info" pages which were developed by GNU as a replacement > for the UNIX manual (I'm assuming based on past reading ... > memory ain't all it used to be). > > "Linuxulator" or however it's spelled is just a colloquialism > for the FreeBSD linux emulation. > > I've got few guesses for ya. "Developer" package has documentation, > correct? Or not? > > What's "ls -ld /usr/local/info" give? > >> (!) Bison won't even install (makes fine, but install fails), and >> that's pretty darn basic, no? >> >> Steve > > Yup, 'tis. Tho' I figure someday BSD'ers would like to have > their own implementation. Again, just a guess. > > KDK > -- > When all else fails, EAT!!! > Well, No idea what the problem was, but portupgrade -aO ... seems to have made it go away. Steve