Re: new vanilla system fails to install many packages/ports
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve Franks wrote: On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve Franks wrote: I must be missing something obvious. About 25% of my dependencies fail to install with errors like: install-info: /usr/local/info/dir: empty file pkg-add: command 'install-info --quiet /blah.info' failed system is 7.0/i386 Steve info is GNU-related. Any reason that GNU-stuff, esp. info, wouldn't have been installed/built thus far? (I dunno, but, maybe a csup with the GNU stuff rejected or commented out ...) All I did was a developer (not x developer) sysinstall off 7.0 disk 1. No tweaking, hacking, or extra packages until I got a clean boot onto the new disk. I'm somewhere between user and power user. I have 5 running freebsd systems under my belt, and was going to do my laptop (I've given up on it several times already - bloody compaq). And anything these ports have in common (assuming they're all GNU for starters). They aren't Linuxolator stuff? Seems to me, they all use gnuinfo instead of manpages? I don't even know what gnuinfo is, nor linuxulator. Right, GNU programs may have manpages, but they also have info pages which were developed by GNU as a replacement for the UNIX manual (I'm assuming based on past reading ... memory ain't all it used to be). Linuxulator or however it's spelled is just a colloquialism for the FreeBSD linux emulation. I've got few guesses for ya. Developer package has documentation, correct? Or not? What's ls -ld /usr/local/info give? (!) Bison won't even install (makes fine, but install fails), and that's pretty darn basic, no? Steve Yup, 'tis. Tho' I figure someday BSD'ers would like to have their own implementation. Again, just a guess. KDK -- When all else fails, EAT!!! Well, No idea what the problem was, but portupgrade -aO ... long babysit seems to have made it go away. Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new vanilla system fails to install many packages/ports
Steve Franks wrote: On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve Franks wrote: I must be missing something obvious. About 25% of my dependencies fail to install with errors like: install-info: /usr/local/info/dir: empty file pkg-add: command 'install-info --quiet /blah.info' failed system is 7.0/i386 Steve info is GNU-related. Any reason that GNU-stuff, esp. info, wouldn't have been installed/built thus far? (I dunno, but, maybe a csup with the GNU stuff rejected or commented out ...) All I did was a developer (not x developer) sysinstall off 7.0 disk 1. No tweaking, hacking, or extra packages until I got a clean boot onto the new disk. I'm somewhere between user and power user. I have 5 running freebsd systems under my belt, and was going to do my laptop (I've given up on it several times already - bloody compaq). And anything these ports have in common (assuming they're all GNU for starters). They aren't Linuxolator stuff? Seems to me, they all use gnuinfo instead of manpages? I don't even know what gnuinfo is, nor linuxulator. Right, GNU programs may have manpages, but they also have info pages which were developed by GNU as a replacement for the UNIX manual (I'm assuming based on past reading ... memory ain't all it used to be). Linuxulator or however it's spelled is just a colloquialism for the FreeBSD linux emulation. I've got few guesses for ya. Developer package has documentation, correct? Or not? What's ls -ld /usr/local/info give? (!) Bison won't even install (makes fine, but install fails), and that's pretty darn basic, no? Steve Yup, 'tis. Tho' I figure someday BSD'ers would like to have their own implementation. Again, just a guess. KDK -- When all else fails, EAT!!! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
new vanilla system fails to install many packages/ports
I must be missing something obvious. About 25% of my dependencies fail to install with errors like: install-info: /usr/local/info/dir: empty file pkg-add: command 'install-info --quiet /blah.info' failed system is 7.0/i386 Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new vanilla system fails to install many packages/ports
Steve Franks wrote: I must be missing something obvious. About 25% of my dependencies fail to install with errors like: install-info: /usr/local/info/dir: empty file pkg-add: command 'install-info --quiet /blah.info' failed system is 7.0/i386 Steve info is GNU-related. Any reason that GNU-stuff, esp. info, wouldn't have been installed/built thus far? (I dunno, but, maybe a csup with the GNU stuff rejected or commented out ...) And anything these ports have in common (assuming they're all GNU for starters). They aren't Linuxolator stuff? Always ready to help grasp straws, Kevin Kinsey -- Zero Defects, n.: The result of shutting down a production line. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new vanilla system fails to install many packages/ports
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve Franks wrote: I must be missing something obvious. About 25% of my dependencies fail to install with errors like: install-info: /usr/local/info/dir: empty file pkg-add: command 'install-info --quiet /blah.info' failed system is 7.0/i386 Steve info is GNU-related. Any reason that GNU-stuff, esp. info, wouldn't have been installed/built thus far? (I dunno, but, maybe a csup with the GNU stuff rejected or commented out ...) All I did was a developer (not x developer) sysinstall off 7.0 disk 1. No tweaking, hacking, or extra packages until I got a clean boot onto the new disk. I'm somewhere between user and power user. I have 5 running freebsd systems under my belt, and was going to do my laptop (I've given up on it several times already - bloody compaq). And anything these ports have in common (assuming they're all GNU for starters). They aren't Linuxolator stuff? Seems to me, they all use gnuinfo instead of manpages? I don't even know what gnuinfo is, nor linuxulator. (!) Bison won't even install (makes fine, but install fails), and that's pretty darn basic, no? Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
