Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 22:05:18 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: James Gill <gill@topsecret.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD handbook, sec 18.3.3.2 Message-ID: <XFMail.991117220518.jdp@polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911171640060.3541-100000@pacific.int.topsecret.net>
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James Gill wrote: > Hi...I'm trying to understand and use the CVSup program and stay current > with FreeBSD. I'm reading the handbook on www.freebsd.org and I am thrown > off by the third paragraph on section 18.3.3.2 that seems to say that the > Modula-3 libraries will be compiled and/or installed automatically when I > install the CVSup port. > > Perhaps I'm doing something wrong, so here's a summary of what I've done: > => installed the system with a minimal install from CDs of 3.2-RELEASE > => put make on the system (grabbed from ports/distfiles/Mk) to help > install future programs > => installed BIND (needs to be updated with latest version, i know) > => system sat idle as other real-life things prioritized ahead (familiar?) > ....and today.... > => copied cvsup-16.0.tar.gz from ftp5.freebsd.org to /usr/ports/cvsup/ ... > m3build: not found > *** error code 127 Some of these pathnames look slightly wrong. For example, "cvsup" should be in "/usr/ports/net/cvsup", and "Mk" should be in "/usr/ports/Mk". Also you're missing some dependencies such as "/usr/ports/lang/modula-3-lib" and "/usr/ports/lang/modula-3". In general if you're working with an incomplete ports tree you are likely to run into problems. Here's what I'd recommend. Grab /pub/FreeBSD/development/CVSup/binaries/cvsup-freebsd-ix86-aout-16.0.tar.gz from ftp.freebsd.org or any mirror site. Untar it and follow the instructions in the "Install" file to install it manually. Then use CVSup to grab yourself a complete and up-to-date ports tree, if you wish. John --- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up." -- Nora Ephron To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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