Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:10:08 +1000 From: Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firebird client fails port install Message-ID: <1229375416.1647.63.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <44tz95noyd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> 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>
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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...
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