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Date:      Tue, 22 Jul 1997 21:25:45 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Jordan Klein <haplo@ibm.net>
To:        Marty Gordon <mlghome@home.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Problems making x11 ports: missing /etc/mtree/BSD.x11.dist
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970722212407.21592A-100000@dilbert.my.net>
In-Reply-To: <33D325EE.167EB0E7@home.com>

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On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Marty Gordon wrote:

> I keep running into the same problem making many of the x11 'stable'
> ports. It can't find the BSD.x11.dist file. It's not on my 2.2.2 CD
> either.  This is after I tried using cvsup for ports-all. (my prior
> message).
> 
> Here's a typical complaint when making something from /usr/ports/x11:
> 
> ===>  Installing for xview-config-3.2.1
> 
> mtree: /etc/mtree/BSD.x11.dist: No such file or directory
> *** Error code 1
> 
> What is currently there is:
> /etc/mtree
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   798 May 20 03:36 BSD.root.dist
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  9103 May 20 03:36 BSD.usr.dist
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  1732 May 20 03:36 BSD.var.dist
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  3291 May 20 03:36 BSD.local.dist
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   643 May 20 03:36 BSD.include.dist
> 
> which seems a bit out of date AND the x11 file is missing.
> 
> What's the 'best' way to get the up-to-date files and keep them current?
> 
> Also, after my first 2-day marathon 'make world' following the 2.2.2 CD
> and then multiple cvsup's for stable, do I do a 'make world' after each
> cvsup? Will it run much faster now, i.e. only do makes for the
> downloaded updates or is there a better way to rebuild my system after
> weekly cvsup's?
> 
> I guess I'm starting to get a FreeBSD addition. ;-)
> 
> Thanks,
> Marty
> 
> 

Look for the file in /usr/src/etc/mtree.  If you've been cvsupping, it'll
be there.  Not certain about base 2.2.2 distribution tho.  I had the same
problem till I copied the file into /etc/mtree.


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