From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Nov 2 05:37:56 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id FAA00526 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 2 Nov 1995 05:37:56 -0800 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id FAA00521 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 1995 05:37:53 -0800 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id AAA09446; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 00:08:33 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199511021338.AAA09446@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Pkg_add probs. To: witr@rwwa.com (Robert Withrow) Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 00:08:33 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199511021312.IAA14042@spooky.rwwa.com> from "Robert Withrow" at Nov 2, 95 08:12:51 am Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1053 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Robert Withrow stands accused of saying: > > Is someone working on the pkg_add problem in the SNAP? > Seems like a show stopper... Yes. I'm waiting for the latest sync from Jordan; I know what the problem is, and I have a fix for it. With any luck I'll be able to turn it around tomorrow (if I don't get another suprise training session sprung on me 8( ) > tar: can't open archive ./bash-1.14.5.tgz : No such file or directory In the short term, a) make sure you're on a read/write filesystem with enough free space for the install, and b) give pkg_add a full pathname to the package. > Robert Withrow, Tel: +1 617 598 4480, Fax: +1 617 598 4430 Net: witr@rwwa.COM -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[