Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:01:07 +0100 From: James O'Gorman <james@netinertia.co.uk> To: mal content <artifact.one@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_* [was: Problems creating port, pkg_info?] Message-ID: <44BA46A3.2020205@netinertia.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <8e96a0b90607160621p7a75a63esdff83f98a5652764@mail.gmail.com> References: <8e96a0b90607160621p7a75a63esdff83f98a5652764@mail.gmail.com>
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mal content wrote: > What, in the environment, could possibly cause the ports > system to suddenly start believing that the pkg tools (pkg_info, > pkg_version etc) reside in /usr/local/sbin, as opposed to the > standard /usr/sbin? > > Nothing in my environment, or PATH has changed so why did > it work perfectly for 18 months and then suddenly break? > > Anyway, I need to get this machine up and working properly, > so I'm giving serious consideration to just deleting /usr/local, > /usr/ports and the stuff in /var and starting from a blank > canvas. What have you got in /etc/make.conf? bsd.port.mk is what sets the make(1) macros for pkg_create, etc. (See /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk lines 2150-2165). Also, when did you last update your ports tree? James
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