From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 12 21:04:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FEAC16A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 21:04:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mta11.adelphia.net (mta11.adelphia.net [68.168.78.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1594C43D1D for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 21:04:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from johnmary@adelphia.net) Received: from 68-70-66-207.losaca.adelphia.net ([68.70.66.207]) by mta11.adelphia.netESMTP <20040612210400.LTRF21898.mta11.adelphia.net@68-70-66-207.losaca.adelphia.net>; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:04:00 -0400 Received: by 68-70-66-207.losaca.adelphia.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DEF4D6860; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:03:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:03:58 -0700 From: John Merryweather Cooper To: Hermes Trismegistus Message-ID: <20040612210358.GA24451@borgdemon.losaca.adelphia.net> References: <20040612153725.A81859@sherman.trismegistus.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040612153725.A81859@sherman.trismegistus.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Phone: 1-509-338-9391 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.borgsdemons.com/ cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Interactive ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 21:04:12 -0000 It appears you're trying to compile an interactive port (one that has a menu that a user must interact with) but you are trying to force it into BATCH mode with a setting in your /etc/make.conf. BATCH mode causes these ports to be skipped since they can't be built in BATCH mode. jmc On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 03:51:31PM -0500, Hermes Trismegistus wrote: > > Ok, it is with great trepidation that I ask this question, and, yes, I > feel like a complete idiot (nothing new here). I have RTFM and STFW to > no avail. While this topic is discussed ad infinitum in the archives, > not even once is a simple "what to do" printed. So I run "make" in > "/usr/ports/security/tripwire" it gives stdout that this is an > "interactive port". Ok, I download the version of tripwire that is being > referenced in the makefile, and cp it to "/usr/ports/disfiles", and I get > the same stdout when doing a "make", "this is an interactive port". Ok, I > get the message, it is indeed a interactive port. What the hell does this > mean, and I how can I install this "interactive port". > > Cheers, > > J. Craig Woods > UNIX/Linux Network/System Administration > http://www.trismegistus.net/resume.htm > Entropy requires no maintenance. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >