From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 30 14:54:51 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AF68F9E4 for ; Fri, 30 May 2014 14:54:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from astart2.astart.com (108-248-95-193.lightspeed.sndgca.sbcglobal.net [108.248.95.193]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6B0382E36 for ; Fri, 30 May 2014 14:54:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop_84.private (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by astart2.astart.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s4UEaQUj018751 for ; Fri, 30 May 2014 07:36:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from papowell@astart.com) Message-ID: <5388976A.302@astart.com> Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 07:36:26 -0700 From: Patrick Powell Reply-To: papowell@astart.com Organization: Astart Technologies User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130714 Thunderbird/17.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail/mailman port installation failing References: <20140528063641.GF9361@rwpc15.gfn.riverwillow.net.au> <20140529041628.GE12961@rwpc15.gfn.riverwillow.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20140529041628.GE12961@rwpc15.gfn.riverwillow.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 14:54:51 -0000 On 05/28/14 21:16, John Marshall wrote: > On Wed, 28 May 2014, 16:36 +1000, John Marshall wrote: >> I'm having no joy trying to install mailman on a new system. Builds >> fine but won't install. Any tips appreciated. >> ===> Registering installation for mailman-2.1.18.1_1 >> pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/data/sitelist.cfg): No such file or directory >> pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/spam/): No such file or directory >> pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/qfiles/): No such file or directory >> pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/logs/): No such file or directory >> pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/locks/): No such file or directory >> pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/lists/): No such file or directory >> pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/data/): No such file or directory >> pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/archives/public/): No such file or directory >> pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/archives/private/): No such file or directory >> pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/archives/): No such file or directory >> *** [fake-pkg] Error code 74 > After helpful off-list mail from mandree@ which pointed at this being a > local problem, I eventually found the following line in > /usr/local/etc/ports.conf. > > mail/mailman: CONFIGURE_ARGS=--with-var-prefix=/data/mailman > > One of those tweaks one implements to accommodate a local customization, > and doesn't even remember it's there 6 or 7 years later. > > It would appear that this kind of thing doesn't play nicely with the new > staging environment. After removing that line from ports.conf and > rebuilding the port, it installed happily. Obviously I then had to > reshuffle my data directories manually. > I must be suffering from advanced memory loss--- when did /usr/local/etc/ports.conf creep into this? Is there a link to documentation on this?