Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Doug Barton wrote:
>
>> Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote:
>>> The fact that the error occurs AT ALL is the bug and what is
>>> counterintuitive, and many people would not think to try typing "make"
>>> again, and instead would just assume the thing's broken.
>>
>> Ok, I actually misunderstood the problem that you were reporting. I
>> thought that the reference to .build_done.bind96._usr_local indicated
>> that the port had already been built once, but that is not the case.
>> To reproduce the bug, you need to do the following:
>>
>> 1. Make sure there is nothing in /var/db/ports/bind96
>> 2. cd /usr/ports/dns/bind96
>> 3. make
>> 4. Enable the "replace base" option
>> 5. Save the config
>>
>> You will then see the following error:
>>
>> make: don't know how to make
>> /usr/local/tmp/usr/local/ports/dns/bind96/work/.build_done.bind96._usr_local.
>>
>> Stop
>> *** Error code 2
>>
>> I think Mel is right that the problem is changing PREFIX, but that's
>> the whole purpose of the option.
>>
>> Could you please open a PR about this with a subject something to the
>> effect of "OPTIONS that change PREFIX cause an error after 'make
>> config'" and describe how to reproduce this?
>
> Done, just got the mail from gnats: 137250.
Looks good, thanks!
Doug
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