Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:00:40 +0000 From: eoghan <freebsd@redry.net> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, eik@freebsd.org Subject: Re: openoffice pkg Message-ID: <438C26C8.9040201@redry.net> In-Reply-To: <44zmnoi4gx.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <0EF126E2-9EC2-488C-A132-6D07A1761246@redry.net> <2C5E7622-7EC0-43D1-9DEF-4F87E2A90078@redry.net> <4464qdol6c.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <B96B0A3F-1C79-476A-85B1-D36DAEA5833E@redry.net> <44zmnokfrs.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <438B31AA.5050709@redry.net> <44zmnoi4gx.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: > eoghan <freebsd@redry.net> writes: > >> Lowell Gilbert wrote: >>> eoghan <freebsd@redry.net> writes: >>> >>>> On 27 Nov 2005, at 21:06, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >>>> >>>>> eoghan <freebsd@redry.net> writes: >>>>> >>>>>> On 25 Nov 2005, at 15:22, eoghan wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello >>>>>>> Im attempting to install the openoffice package and need to use a >>>>>>> template cos it fills /var and then fails. I have used: >>>>>>> pkg_add -r -t /max/tmp/instmp.XXXXXX openoffice >>>>>>> but it still writes to /var? >>>>>>> Anyone ideas what im doing wrong? >>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>> Eoghan >>>>>> Does anyone have any help on this? I assume im using the wrong >>>>>> syntax? Does instmp.XXXXX need to exist in /max/tmp? >>>>> No, you're right; it seems to be a problem. I haven't had a chance to >>>>> look at it myself... >>>> Thanks Lowell, do you mean it seems to be a bug? >>> I haven't had a chance to look at it closely enough to tell. >> Ok thanks, I will have a detailed look later on and see if I can >> recover anymore information. > > I think it *is* a bug, but I haven't gotten a complete understanding of > it yet. The pattern you pass in with the -t option seems to be getting > dropped before you get to the utility function find_play_pen(), but so > far I can't seem to figure out how it was supposed to be passed in the > first place. As a workaround, the PKG_TMPDIR environment variable seems > to work properly, and can serve your purpose just as well. Thank you very much. I will try this out later when I get home. Eoghan
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