> Thanks for your note. Did you run a "make upgrade" after > upgrading FreeBSD 4.9 to the latest patch? > > "make tidy" deletes the executables and requires a complete > rebuild. And after a rebuild, the error output of a "make > upgrade" gives a decent response... > ". > . > . > . > Skipping /usr/sbin/postmap... > Skipping /usr/sbin/postsuper... > Skipping /usr/sbin/postdrop... > Skipping /usr/sbin/postqueue... > Skipping /usr/sbin/sendmail... > Updating /usr/bin/newaliases... > > mv: cannot resolve > /var/tmp/downloads/postfix-2.0.19-20040312/junk: /var/tmp/usr > postfix-install: Error: your mv command has trouble renaming > symlinks. > If you run Linux, upgrade to GNU fileutils-4.0 or better, > or choose a tempdir that is in the same file system as > /usr/bin/newaliases. > If you run FreeBSD, upgrade to version 5 or better. > *** Error code 1 >
I vaguely recall this happening to me. Is your /tmp folder a link to /var/tmp. If it is then create a /usr/tmp folder and symlink /tmp to there. I think this is what I had to do.. HTH Scott.
