Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:51:08 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: asami@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Appropriate Forum for Bug/Upgrade Message-ID: <199812010051.SAA03832@n4hhe.ampr.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> of "Mon, 30 Nov 1998 12:26:26 GMT." <19981130122626.D15989@scientia.demon.co.uk>
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Ben Smithurst writes:
> How about something like this: (this message CC'd to asami since he
> seems to handle the ports, etc)
>
> --- bsd.port.mk Sat Nov 28 00:46:21 1998
> +++ bsd.port.mk Mon Nov 30 12:22:03 1998
> @@ -1194,6 +1194,11 @@
> do-fetch:
> @${MKDIR} ${_DISTDIR}
> @(cd ${_DISTDIR}; \
> + if [ ! -w ${_DISTDIR} ]; then \
> + echo "You don't have write permission to ${_DISTDIR}"; \
> + echo "Try using 'su' to become root and try again"; \
> + exit 1; \
> + fi; \
> for file in ${DISTFILES}; do \
> if [ ! -f $$file -a ! -f `${BASENAME} $$file` ]; then \
> if [ -h $$file -o -h `${BASENAME} $$file` ]; then \
I would delete the line containing, "Try using 'su' to become root and
try again", as it implies the use of brute force (root force?) is a
valid solution to all ills. This is how I solve the problem:
n4hhe: {1027} ls -ld /usr/ports/ /usr/ports/distfiles/
drwxrwxr-x 46 dkelly wheel 1024 Nov 29 22:42 /usr/ports//
drwxrwxr-x 8 dkelly wheel 3584 Nov 16 17:32 /usr/ports/distfiles//
n4hhe: {1028}
--
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net
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