From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Nov 11 00:52:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA22228 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 00:52:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA22219 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 00:52:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id TAA05150; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 19:53:51 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199811110853.TAA05150@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: linux software installation and uname In-Reply-To: <199811110830.BAA06529@usr02.primenet.com> from Terry Lambert at "Nov 11, 98 08:30:57 am" To: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 19:53:51 +1100 (EST) Cc: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu, crossd@cs.rpi.edu, jkh@time.cdrom.com, nate@mt.sri.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Terry Lambert wrote: > > Here is the nice little uname test from the vendor's install script: > > > > # what type of target? > > if test -x /usr/bin/uname ; then > > uname=/usr/bin/uname > > elif test -x /bin/uname ; then > > uname=/bin/uname > > else > > # Never seen it anywhere but /bin or /usr/bin, so hopefully it's > > # in $PATH already. > > type uname > /dev/null 2>&1 > > if test $? -ne 0 ; then > > echo "install: uname not found in \$PATH environment variable" > > quit > > else > > uname=uname > > fi > > fi > > Any you don't path this as part of the "port" you made for the > compiler? What does this sentence mean? I understand each of the words, but I have no idea what the f%$# you are talking about. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message