Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:22:44 +0100 From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de> Cc: jfitz@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Unable to access document" Message-ID: <19980223172244.07181@caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <19980224010714.08955@welearn.com.au>; from Sue Blake on Tue, Feb 24, 1998 at 01:07:14AM %2B1100 References: <19980223213231.34995@welearn.com.au> <19980223140359.48165@caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de> <19980224010714.08955@welearn.com.au>
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On 1998-02-24 01:07:14 +1100, Sue Blake wrote: > On Mon, Feb 23, 1998 at 02:03:59PM +0100, Wolfram Schneider wrote: > > You are right, there is no package for Majordomo-1.94.4. Majordomo > > is an "interactive" port without a package. For more information > > please ask the maintainer of the majordomo > > port jfitz@FreeBSD.ORG or the mailing list freebsd-ports@freebsd.org. > > > > http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/ports/mail/majordomo/Makefil > > [...] > > # Needs to create a user and group > > IS_INTERACTIVE= yes > > NO_PACKAGE= "User and group need to be created" > > Oh, was I supposed to first download the port and read that file of > mumbo-jumbo and twig that it means there's no package behind the "Package" > link, even though the link does clearly point to a specific package-sounding > file name? And here's me thinking all I had to do with a port was type make, > not read squiggles. Short answer: There are 41 ports (out of 1247) without a package. The ports.cgi script use a simple database (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/INDEX) for searching and printing the HTML output. The database does not store information about ports without a package. This is a known bug. So one of 30 packages links are broken ;-/ . A fix would require to change the database format. > This one does require some extra work, but a simple "make" from a novice's > paw creates the user and group and explains all the little manual tasks > required. Though somewhat dismayed I was quite impressed that such a mess > could be ported at all, let alone with compulsory reading. > > I understand, after the event, that it doesn't lend itself well to being a > package. After some study I'm beginning to understand the majordomo doccos. > But I still don't understand the makefile, or which line is the significant > one to look for next time, or why I should have even been looking at it > before attempting to grab a package. > > That's what I get for being so well hand-held :-) I'll know next time. > Thanks for the explanation. I hope mine helps someone too. -- Wolfram Schneider <wosch@freebsd.org> http://www.freebsd.org/~wosch/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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