Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:17:09 -0500 (CDT) From: Hermes Trismegistus <hermes@trismegistus.net> To: John Merryweather Cooper <johnmary@adelphia.net> Cc: FreeBSD ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Interactive ports Message-ID: <20040612160951.C45218@sherman.trismegistus.net> In-Reply-To: <20040612210358.GA24451@borgdemon.losaca.adelphia.net> References: <20040612153725.A81859@sherman.trismegistus.net> <20040612210358.GA24451@borgdemon.losaca.adelphia.net>
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John, you are a genius, and have hit this issue right-on. I set "BATCH=yes" some time ago to eliminate being hit on the meta-ports. Six hours of researching this, and, until your timely discernment, I was ready to "hit the bars and do some drinking fast". Thanks ever so much Cheers, J. Craig Woods UNIX/Linux Network/System Administration http://www.trismegistus.net/resume.htm Entropy requires no maintenance. On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, John Merryweather Cooper wrote: > It appears you're trying to compile an interactive port (one that has a > menu that a user must interact with) but you are trying to force it into > BATCH mode with a setting in your /etc/make.conf. BATCH mode causes > these ports to be skipped since they can't be built in BATCH mode. > > jmc > > On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 03:51:31PM -0500, Hermes Trismegistus wrote: >> >> Ok, it is with great trepidation that I ask this question, and, yes, I >> feel like a complete idiot (nothing new here). I have RTFM and STFW to >> no avail. While this topic is discussed ad infinitum in the archives, >> not even once is a simple "what to do" printed. So I run "make" in >> "/usr/ports/security/tripwire" it gives stdout that this is an >> "interactive port". Ok, I download the version of tripwire that is being >> referenced in the makefile, and cp it to "/usr/ports/disfiles", and I get >> the same stdout when doing a "make", "this is an interactive port". Ok, I >> get the message, it is indeed a interactive port. What the hell does this >> mean, and I how can I install this "interactive port". >> >> Cheers, >> >> J. Craig Woods >> UNIX/Linux Network/System Administration >> http://www.trismegistus.net/resume.htm >> Entropy requires no maintenance. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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