Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 10:35:55 +0200 (CEST) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= <bjoern.koenig@alpha-tierchen.de> To: "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install fails because / is not writeable Message-ID: <55075.2001:6f8:101e:0:20e:cff:fe6d:6adb.1178181355.squirrel@webmail.alpha-tierchen.de> In-Reply-To: <4635907D.3020201@gmx.de> References: <4635907D.3020201@gmx.de>
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> Once in a while a port fails to upgrade, because it wants to write > something in /etc. E.g. perl into /etc/make.conf or other ports into > /etc/group. > > On my systems / is normally a read only mount. These ports build fine > during a portupgrade and fail during install, leaving most of the port > installed, but unregistered (i.e. the package database is broken). > > [...] Mount / writable before upgrading or installing software. Regards Björn
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