Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 20:40:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Erin L. Copeland" <erin@sam.math.ethz.ch> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960827203728.339M-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3222DC7B.41C67EA6@sam.math.ethz.ch>
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On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Erin L. Copeland wrote: > This is an example of problems I have been having with "packages" > downloaded from the following url: > > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/x11.html > > Please note in advance that I have connected to your site with ftp as > well, and have had the SAME problem with the "packages" I have found. > [...] > make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 72: Unexpected end of line > seen > > emacs Makefile (removed line 72) > > make > cd /astrolog-5.20/src/..; \ > for i in lrz5_24 chi_24 cpjv_24; do \ > zcat /$i.gz > \ > `echo $i | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'`; \ > done > sh: /astrolog-5.20/src/..: bad directory > *** Error code 1 > make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `post-extract' > > Really, adding the information from attempting make does not help, > because I know very well that the dirs to be made are just NOT there > when the file is unbundled. Hm. It's possible the package was truncated and needs to be rebuilt. Try emailing the maintainer (ache@freebsd.org) and inform him of the problem. Make sure you are downloading in 'binary' mode too. The packages are on ftp.freebsd.org in /pub/FreeBSD/packages. Astrolog is probably in ...../packages/x11/astrolog-*.tgz. > Is this correct? Do these bundled "packages" (in this example, > astrolog.tar.gz) not contain source code? Yes. The packages are pre-built binaries. The ports build directly from the source. > My first experience with this was about 2 weeks ago, from an attempt to > get and install fvwm and the required xpm libs. I've had generally good experience with packages, with some notable exceptions (such as xemacs). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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