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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How does one properly install a ports build???????
Date: 26 Jun 1997 13:44:00 GMT
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In article <5orb7h$e4q@uni00nw.unity.ncsu.edu>,
rdkeys@unity.ncsu.edu (Bob Keys) writes:
> OK, I may be a unix dummy, but I have been building and running them for
> about 10 years now, but, I am having fits trying to get X11 up on a 3.0-snap
> box.
>
> 1. The distributions did not bring X11 along, even with a full all download,
> or a custom setup.
>
> 2. The ports make of XFree86 did fine, but the make install comes back with
> an ``mtree/BSD.X11.dist'' file not found.
>
> Clearly I have something with an undotted i or and uncrossed t somewhere.
> 1. may indicate that the ``current'' ftp site has a link off somewhere, or
> that the install scripts in 3.0-snap are off somewhere. 2. would indicate
> that there is a sequential set of installing that needs to be completed
> before an X11 port will build and install, as if some preliminary tidbits
> required a prior install (or a setup) and were out of sequence. The existing
> files in /etc/mtree are the include, local, root, user, and var files.
> The install scripts in /sys/standinstall may be off or I may be poking the
> wrong values into it somewhere, and things are getting off in sequence.
>
> Can someone kindly quote the page/paragraph in the manuals that cover ports
> installations or X11 installations? I want to get it installed, but I want
> to find out WHY it is not installing, and what the proper logic is.
> I was under the impression that ports should install ``out of the box''
> with nothing more than a traditional make/make install.
>
> If not, mebbie I need to port the sources from scratch, dittle a make file,
> or hand patch something, somwhere, or drop back to a stable branch.
>
> Pointers appreciated.....
>
> Almost there..... just slow.....
You're essentially right. I suspect you upgraded your system,
and therefore, nothing under /etc was touched.
However, if you copy BSD.X11.dist to /etc/mtree from
/usr/src/etc/mtree, things should be dandy.
You should *always* hand-upgrade /etc from /usr/src/etc -
especially when you get wierdness like this.
> Bob Keys
> rdkeys@unity.ncsu.edu
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