Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 21:50:13 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: No dialogue for `make config` after upgrade to 11.0 [SOLVED] Message-ID: <CAAdA2WP5a2eDkoPu1wkM1aJCGgbkSKz2ypvKzm%2BKT7BmNC=SmA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 11 January 2017 at 17:03, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote: > I have upgraded a system from 9.3 -> 10.3 -> 11.0 using source upgrade. > > > root@waridi:/usr/ports/mail/dovecot2 # uname -msr > *FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE amd64* > > I seem to be having some serious problems with it when it comes to > building applications. > > 1. When (for instance) I > cd /usr/ports/www/apache24 && make config > *The usual dialogue to select the options I want doesn't come up*. > > 2. Some applications that I used to compile manually don't want to let me > go past `configure`. I get this error of: > *....* > * checking type of off_t... unknown* > * configure: error: Unsupported off_t type* > > 3. Ports don't want to obey the DESTDIR macro: > > root@waridi:/usr/ports/mail/dovecot2 # make DESTDIR=/opt/dovecot2.2 > ===> Creating some important subdirectories > ===> /tmp subdirectory has been successfully created > ===> /dev subdirectory has been successfully created > ===> Starting chrooted make in /opt/dovecot2.2... > chroot: /bin/sh: No such file or directory > ===> Chrooted make in /opt/dovecot2.2 failed > ===> Cleaning up... > *** Error code 1 > > Stop. > make: stopped in /usr/ports/mail/dovecot2 > > > I am wondering what I could be missing which has led to these.. > These major version upgrades aren't interesting! I think fresh installs should be a lot easier now that I have experienced this! The solution is delete all ports, then install them afresh all at ago, not just one by one :-(. > -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft."
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