Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 10:13:14 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Thomas Hancock <tom@saguaromail.com> Cc: portmgr@freebsd.org Subject: Re: port installs fail: pkg_info -- O Message-ID: <20031208181314.GA49494@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <002801c3bcfa$3be47660$d921b83f@home> References: <002801c3bcfa$3be47660$d921b83f@home>
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--wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 12:42:20PM -0700, Thomas Hancock wrote: > Wanted to ask a quick FreeBSD question. All my port installs fail like t= his: >=20 > [root@vs146 /usr/ports/category_name/port_name]# make install > <Finds the dependencies and runs most of the install with no problem> > =3D=3D=3D> Checking if category_name/port_name already installed > pkg_info: illegal option -- O > usage: pkg_info [-cdDfGiIkLmopqrRsvVx] [-e package] [-l prefix] > [-t template] [-W filename] [pkg-name ...] > pkg_info -a [flags] > *** Error code 1 > Stop in /usr/ports/category_name/port_name. >=20 > This article seems to address the subject and suggests running FreeBSD 4.= 7 or later (I'm running 4.8-release though) > http://news.gw.com/freebsd.questions/148464 >=20 > It looks as though the "-- O" option after pkg_info simply doesn't exist,= but was entered in the script anyway. > The system can't interpret "-- O", so it treats it as an error and quits > Any recommendations would be much appreciated. 4.7 indeed has pkg_info -O. Check your path, and verify that you have actu= ally upgraded your system completely. kris --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/1L85Wry0BWjoQKURAiWnAKCAXQyWQ+O9yAyP4xTUElcJZ1TuOwCfbvxp sWc05uhm2EVFvRhm9H7qdbY= =PmZZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC--
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