Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 09:43:44 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: asami@cs.berkeley.edu, bugs@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pkg_manage has a problem? Message-ID: <17902.799260224@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 30 Apr 1995 18:21:07 %2B0200." <199504301621.SAA08524@grumble.grondar.za>
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> Then I think we are dealing with a bug. As pkg_manage starts, it tries to > read the package info. It then gives a dialog box that says "An error > occurred, view output?". I select yes, and another box comes up entitled > "Error output from pkg_add". This contains (and I type by hand): > Warning:PKG_PATH environment variable not set. > tar: unknown option } > tar: unknown option. use tar --help blah blah blah > Tar extract of failed! <----This is an exact copy > Error during unpacking, no info for 'less-290' available. Hmmmm... Can you add a little diagnostic output to pkg_manage and tell me which args its invoking pkg_add with? I may have broken something with my recent changes and would like a chance to debug it! Also, please put the failing package information up for ftp someplace so that I can debug the problem under the same set of circumstances. Jordan
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