Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 00:07:26 +0100 From: Stacey Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/66439: portupgrade -R pilot-link-0.11.8_2 fails with latest cvsup Message-ID: <20040510230726.GO393@crom.vickiandstacey.com> In-Reply-To: <1084225017.888.51.camel@gyros> References: <200405101209.38370@misha-mx.virtual-estates.net> <20040510185643.GM393@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <200405101727.28793@misha-mx.virtual-estates.net> <1084225017.888.51.camel@gyros>
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Hi, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>" To: To Mikhail Teterin Date: Mon, 10 May, 2004 22:36 BST Subject: Re: ports/66439: portupgrade -R pilot-link-0.11.8_2 fails with latest cvsup > On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 17:27, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/66439 > > > > = === Aborted, please remove /nonexistent > > > > =I noted the message, but I'm a bit weary of removing that directory as > > =its was created, and being used by gdm, the www user and one or two > > =others *by default*. That is, I did-not-create-that directory. > > > > =What I'm curious about is the fact that I've been using FreeBSD / Gnome > > =/ Evolution / pilot-link on this box for years, without having this > > =issue until now. Is there something in this.., > > > > I made pilot-link default to Tk-8.4 (rather than 8.3 as before). So it > > tries to build Tk-8.4 and fails because /nonexistent is there. I have no > > idea, why gdm would create it... Gnome, any comments? > > We don't create it explicitly, but it is used for the gdm user home > directory. Perhaps pw is creating it... Had a look through man pw(8), and here is the relevant section: -s shell Set or changes the user's login shell to shell. If the path to the shell program is omitted, pw searches the shellpath specified in /etc/pw.conf and fills it in as appropriate. Note that unless you have a specific reason to do so, you should avoid specifying the path - this will allow pw to validate that the program exists and is exe- cutable. Specifying a full path (or supplying a blank "" shell) avoids this check and allows for such entries as /nonexistent that should be set for accounts not intended for interactive login. So for those users / applications that should not be issued with logins (like gdm, www & nobody) get issued with "/nonexistent" as home dirs by default. I've mentioned this before in another thread previously, but didn't get very far with the maintainer concerned at the time, who insisted that I "must have created /nonexistent myself" at some point. I'd be interested to see how this turns out, please. Regards, Stacey > > Joe > > > > > If you are happy with Tk-8.3 and don't want to install 8.4 just for > > pilot-link, you can add TCL_VER=8.3 to either /etc/make.conf or to the > > make's command line. > > > > -mi > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- > PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc > > -- Stacey Roberts B. Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com
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