Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 21:39:24 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Jason C Roberts <dirtycatfish@juno.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: compiling ports Message-ID: <20010901213924.B8434@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010901.212109.-323987.0.dirtycatfish@juno.com>; from dirtycatfish@juno.com on Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 09:21:08PM -0700 References: <20010901.212109.-323987.0.dirtycatfish@juno.com>
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--i0/AhcQY5QxfSsSZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 09:21:08PM -0700, Jason C Roberts wrote: > Here's the output of 'uname -a': 'FreeBSD 4.3-Release FreeBSD 4.3-Release > #0: Sat Apr 21 10:54:49 GMT 2001.' >=20 > My question is: is there anything I need to do besides installing the > ports collection and typing "make build" in the given directory to > compile the given port? After reading the handbook that's all it appears > I need to do; however I get this error messege, for example, after typing > "make build": 'make build' isn't a valid target. You probably wanted something else like 'make install clean' > '>>greed-3.3.tar.gz doesnt seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/.' >=20 > After looking in /usr/ports/distfiles/ on my own, I found this statement > is true. In addition to the above messege I also recieve this one 5 or 6 > times: >=20 > 'Stop in /usr/ports/games/greed > *** Error code 1'=20 Well, if the distfile doesn't exist in /usr/ports/distfiles then the system has to fetch it. If the fetch failed then there's some reason why you can't fetch it (perhaps your network connection isn't working). Kris --i0/AhcQY5QxfSsSZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7kbf7Wry0BWjoQKURAsInAJ95gTk1GY09vsIMUX1/MDWOAuep6ACgjHeL aWGLgIxkBAD+jaJdcQ3+rsY= =9bck -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --i0/AhcQY5QxfSsSZ-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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