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From: miff@apanix.apana.org.au (Michael Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: [2.0 packages] Wy won't they install?
Date: 19 Jan 1995 06:04:23 GMT
Organization: Apanix Public Access Unix, +61 8 373 5485 (5 lines)
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miff@apanix.apana.org.au (Michael Smith) writes:

>Having an unpleasant time trying to install some of the packages off
>the january 2.0 CD:

>When extracting, for example, Xaw3d, I get this :

Of course, I made a complete fool of myself here; that was 1.1.5.1
package that I snarfed the errors from 8(

Some more detail, this time trying the xv package on the disc 8)

spam# pkg_add -v xv-3.01.tgz 
Projected package size: 1164496 bytes, free temp space: 100253696 bytes
extract: Package name is xv-3.01
extract: CWD to /usr/X11R6
extract: /usr/X11R6/bin/xv
extract: /usr/X11R6/bin/bggen
extract: /usr/X11R6/bin/vdcomp
extract: /usr/X11R6/bin/xcmap
extract: /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xv.1.gz
tar: can't add file man/man1/xv.1.gz : No such file or directory
tar:  not found in archive
extract: /usr/X11R6/man/man1/bggen.1.gz
tar: can't add file man/man1/bggen.1.gz : No such file or directory
tar:  not found in archive
extract: /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xcmap.1.gz
tar: can't add file man/man1/xcmap.1.gz : No such file or directory
tar:  not found in archive
extract: CWD to .
Attempting to record package into /var/db/pkg/xv-3.01..
Package xv-3.01 registered in /var/db/pkg/xv-3.01
spam# tar tvvzf xv-3.01.tgz 
drwxr-xr-x root/bin          0 Nov 23 15:41 1994 ./
drwxrwxrwx root/wheel        0 Nov 23 15:41 1994 bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/wheel   753664 Nov 23 15:32 1994 bin/xv
-rwxr-xr-x root/wheel     8192 Nov 23 15:32 1994 bin/bggen
-rwxr-xr-x root/wheel    20480 Nov 23 15:32 1994 bin/vdcomp
-rwxr-xr-x root/wheel    12288 Nov 23 15:32 1994 bin/xcmap
-rw-rw-r-- root/bin          9 Nov 23 15:41 1994 +COMMENT
-rw-rw-r-- root/bin        288 Nov 23 15:41 1994 +DESC
-rw-rw-r-- root/bin        163 Nov 23 15:41 1994 +CONTENTS

That's more like it - the files aren't there.  Why?

There are other packages with problems as well : any answers, suggestions,
etc?

Also, Walnut Creek might want to stop advertising the portal and union
filesystems on the package until they actually work 8)
(I knew this in advance, it's no sting to me, but it's wrong 8)

Thanks.
--
# mike smith : miff@apanix.apana.org.au - Silicon grease monkey        #
# "The question 'why are the fundamental laws of nature mathematical'  #
# then invites the trivial response 'because we define as fundamental  #
# those laws which are mathematical'". Paul Davies, _The_Mind_of_God_. #