Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:13:53 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: more problems with ports Message-ID: <04ca01c09480$721e7fa0$847e03cb@apana.org.au>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_04C5_01C094D4.1ECCF4E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Would someone please enlighten me on how to install ANYTHING from ports = without always getting=20 "Stop in /usr/ports/xxxxxxxxxx" "*** Error code 1" Some time ago someone on this list advised me to setup CVSUP, so I have = that updating ports daily & source weekly, however it appears to have = made the ports problem worse. Previously only some ports were afflicted by the "Error 1" bug, now it = appears that every one has the same problem. If all ports were available = as a sysinstall package it wouldn't be a problem, but seems the number = of sysinstall packages is being decreased with later versions of = FreeBSD. Not all of us wish to compile everything from source, = especially as the instructions aren't always as descriptive as they = could be for non-experts. If I simply download the relevant distfile & pop it in = /usr/ports/distfiles, will that be an effective workaround for this = problem ?? ------=_NextPart_000_04C5_01C094D4.1ECCF4E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Would someone please enlighten me on = how to install=20 ANYTHING from ports without always getting </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Stop in = /usr/ports/xxxxxxxxxx"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"*** Error code 1"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Some time ago someone on this list = advised me to=20 setup CVSUP, so I have that updating ports daily & source weekly, = however it=20 appears to have made the ports problem worse.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Previously only some ports were = afflicted by the=20 "Error 1" bug, now it appears that every one has the same problem. If = all ports=20 were available as a sysinstall package it wouldn't be a problem, but = seems the=20 number of sysinstall packages is being decreased with later versions of = FreeBSD.=20 Not all of us wish to compile everything from source, especially as the=20 instructions aren't always as descriptive as they could be for=20 non-experts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If I simply download the relevant = distfile &=20 pop it in /usr/ports/distfiles, will that be an effective workaround for = this=20 problem ??</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_04C5_01C094D4.1ECCF4E0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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