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From: System Account <root@megaweapon.zigg.com>
To: jmz@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org
Subject: print/texinfo bombs
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Errors look like this (first try):

...
/usr/bin/install -c pltotf /usr/local/bin/pltotf
/usr/bin/install -c pooltype /usr/local/bin/pooltype
/usr/bin/install -c tangle /usr/local/bin/tangle
/usr/bin/install -c tex /usr/local/bin/tex
/usr/bin/install -c tftopl /usr/local/bin/tftopl
/usr/bin/install -c vftovp /usr/local/bin/vftovp
/usr/bin/install -c vptovf /usr/local/bin/vptovf
/usr/bin/install -c weave /usr/local/bin/weave
cd /usr/local/bin && for prog in mf mpost tex; do \
  rm -f ini$prog vir$prog; \
  ln -s $prog ini$prog && ln -s $prog vir$prog; done
for f in  mltex; do base=`basename $f .fmt`; \
          (cd /usr/local/bin && (rm -f $base; ln -s tex $base)); done
test -z "" || for f in ""; do base=`basename $f .base`;\
          (cd /usr/local/bin && (rm -f $base; ln -s mf $base)); done
test -z "" || for f in ""; do base=`basename $f .mem`; \
          (cd /usr/local/bin && (rm -f $base; ln -s mpost $base)); done
gmake files="plain.tex cmr10.tfm" prereq-check
gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/print/tex/work/web2c-7.0/web2c'
../kpathsea/kpsewhich plain.tex cmr10.tfm >/dev/null || gmake prereq-lose
>/dev/
null
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/print/tex/work/web2c-7.0/web2c'
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/print/tex/work/web2c-7.0/web2c'
*** Error code 2

Stop.
*** Error code 1

Stop.
*** Error code 1

Stop.
*** Error code 1

Stop.
*** Error code 1

Stop.
*** Error code 1

Stop.

And on the second:
root@megaweapon:/usr/ports/print/texinfo>make install
>> Checksum OK for texinfo.tex.
>> Checksum OK for lcircle10.tfm.
===>  Building for texinfo-2.124
! I can't read tex.pool; bad path?
*** Error code 1

Stop.
*** Error code 1

Stop.
*** Error code 1

Stop.