Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:30:46 +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: <44BA4D96.6000402@netinertia.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <8e96a0b90607160721i4bbe3cd1w245579b84652ccd8@mail.gmail.com> References: <8e96a0b90607160621p7a75a63esdff83f98a5652764@mail.gmail.com> <44BA46A3.2020205@netinertia.co.uk> <8e96a0b90607160721i4bbe3cd1w245579b84652ccd8@mail.gmail.com>
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mal content wrote: > On 16/07/06, James O'Gorman <james@netinertia.co.uk> wrote: >> 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 >> > > make.conf: > [snip] > I last updated the ports tree at about 11am this morning GMT, I > think the last time before that was about a week ago. What happens when you run this command from within a port directory: % make -VPKG_CMD -VPKG_INFO /usr/sbin/pkg_create /usr/sbin/pkg_info and % which pkg_info /usr/sbin/pkg_info Does /usr/local/sbin/pkg_info exist? % ls -l /usr/local/sbin/pkg_info ls: /usr/local/sbin/pkg_info: No such file or directory James
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