From owner-cvs-all Tue Dec 1 16:08:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA09620 for cvs-all-outgoing; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 16:08:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp3.portal.net.au [202.12.71.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA09614 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 16:08:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01127; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 15:53:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812012353.PAA01127@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Source Code cc: committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: full path of sysctl in bsd.port.mk? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 01 Dec 1998 16:47:01 EST." <199812012147.QAA32598@chen.ml.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 15:53:35 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > Usually I build ports as a regular user (only install them as root), so sysctl > is not in my path and the build fails with the message, > > sysctl: not found > "/usr/share/mk/bsd.port.mk", line 410: warning: "sysctl -n kern.osreldate" returned non-zero status > > Can we specify the full path name of sysctl in bsd.port.mk? Sysctl should be in your path; it's a general-purpose enquiry tool. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message