Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:25:31 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firebird client fails port install Message-ID: <44ljuhnnas.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <1229375416.1647.63.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> (Da Rock's message of "Tue\, 16 Dec 2008 07\:10\:08 %2B1000") References: <1229202715.18610.5.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <443agpp78i.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <1229373442.1647.57.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <44tz95noyd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <1229375416.1647.63.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> writes: > On Mon, 2008-12-15 at 15:49 -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> writes: >> >> > On Mon, 2008-12-15 at 14:29 -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> >> Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> 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." >> >> I can't see exactly what's happening (partly because you didn't show the >> actual failure messages), but I do notice that php5-extensions can build >> without firebird. In fact, that's what it does by default, so you must >> have explicitly told it to build that. If you don't need it, you can go >> back in and set the php5-extensions port options to not include >> firebird, and you will avoid this particular problem. >> > > I did that in the end, but that doesn't really solve the problem now > does it? I'll take it up with ports and see if I can't figure out whats > wrong... You'll want to provide more information if you do so. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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