From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 20:37:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35CC11065670 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:37:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (202-172-126-254.cpe.qld-1.comcen.com.au [202.172.126.254]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFD6A8FC08 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:37:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from [192.168.0.199] (unknown [192.168.0.199]) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E0EB4309 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:38:14 +1000 (EST) From: Da Rock To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <443agpp78i.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <1229202715.18610.5.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <443agpp78i.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:37:18 +1000 Message-Id: <1229373442.1647.57.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Firebird client fails port install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:37:34 -0000 On Mon, 2008-12-15 at 14:29 -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Da Rock writes: > > > I'm trying to install php5-extensions (which includes firebird), but its > > failing with an error code 1 on firebird20-client. It does mention > > running make to build firebird, but not as root. So I've tried > > everything to get this to work: running make as my wheel group user, > > installing as a pkg instead. > > > > What could I be missing? > > > > (And before anybody asks: I ran portsnap fetch update twice yesterday - > > and I did run the update. I've learnt my lesson from last time...) > > Unless you set variables to put the work directory somewhere non-standard, > the ports system will try to do its building under each port's directory, > which is normally not writable by regular users. Similarly, installing a > port (or a package, for the same reasons) normally requires root > permissions for access to system directories and in many cases to let > programs installed by ports run as special-purpose users. > > What is the reason you're trying to install ports as a different user? > Because the first stop error occurs and it says to run make to build firebird, but it also says "Please do not build firebird as 'root' because this may cause conflicts with SysV semaphores of running services."