From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 12 18:44:52 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6551F37B405 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2003 18:44:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.kumacommunications.net (dsl-psoun-207-229-8-78-edm.nucleus.com [207.229.8.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F0C243F13 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2003 18:44:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@burchellfamily.ca) Received: from grizzly (dsl-psoun-207-229-8-79-edm.nucleus.com [207.229.8.79]) by www.kumacommunications.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id h0D2iDl03732; Sun, 12 Jan 2003 19:44:13 -0700 Reply-To: From: "C Burchell" To: "'Jim Mock'" Cc: Subject: RE: How to customize 'pkg_add -r' for mailman Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 19:44:19 -0700 Message-ID: <004f01c2baad$abfc4360$c803a8c0@grizzly> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4024 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 In-Reply-To: <617827B2-26A0-11D7-B6FF-000393460DB2@soupnazi.org> Importance: Normal X-MailScanner: Found to be clean by KumaComm MailScanner Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jim: Thanks for your help. I have locally installed the ports tree and resolved my problem by: -editing the /usr/ports/mail/mailman/Makefile to use "MAIL_GID? = 65534" -make (which fetches from the Internet since no local source could be found) -make install -configure mailman Problem solved! Thanks again! Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Mock [mailto:mij@soupnazi.org] > Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 7:41 PM > To: chris@burchellfamily.ca > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: How to customize 'pkg_add -r' for mailman > > > [ Please keep the list Cc'd on replies so if somebody runs into this > again hopefully they'll find the thread in the archives. ] > > On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 03:52 PM, C Burchell wrote: > >> Install the port instead and add --with-mail-gid 65534 to the > >> CONFIGURE_ARGS in the Makefile, or define it on the > command line when > >> you compile the port: > >> > >> make CONFIGURE_ARGS="--with-mail-gid 65534" install > >> > >> That should work, I think. > >> > > > > I gather this applies if I have the ports locally installed? > > Correct. You need to have the ports tree installed. > > > You mean edit the existing Make file in /wherever/ports/are > installed? > > The Makefile in /usr/ports/mail/mailman. > > > How / can I change this if I am installing remotely by > using 'pkg_add > > -r' ? > > You can't. The package is just a pre-compiled binary of the > port using > the default options specified in the port's Makefile. > Basically, it's > the result of: > > # cd /usr/ports/mail/mailman > # make package > > > Maybe I'm missing something here... I always use pkg_add, which I > > gather automatically installs the port... Is there a way to > download > > the port and compile it locally? If so, can you direct me > to the FAQ > > on this? I have not been able to find anything in my 2nd > Ed. copy of > > the FreeBSD Handbook. > > pkg_add only deals with binaries. You'll need to compile the port > itself if you want to change the default options. Take a look at > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html > for info on installing the ports collection and installing individual > ports. > > - jim > > -- > jim mock jim@FreeBSD.org > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message