Jim: Thanks for your help. I have locally installed the ports tree and resolved my problem by:
-editing the /usr/ports/mail/mailman/Makefile to use "MAIL_GID? = 65534" -make (which fetches from the Internet since no local source could be found) -make install -configure mailman Problem solved! Thanks again! Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Mock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 7:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: How to customize 'pkg_add -r' for mailman > > > [ Please keep the list Cc'd on replies so if somebody runs into this > again hopefully they'll find the thread in the archives. ] > > On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 03:52 PM, C Burchell wrote: > >> Install the port instead and add --with-mail-gid 65534 to the > >> CONFIGURE_ARGS in the Makefile, or define it on the > command line when > >> you compile the port: > >> > >> make CONFIGURE_ARGS="--with-mail-gid 65534" install > >> > >> That should work, I think. > >> > > > > I gather this applies if I have the ports locally installed? > > Correct. You need to have the ports tree installed. > > > You mean edit the existing Make file in /wherever/ports/are > installed? > > The Makefile in /usr/ports/mail/mailman. > > > How / can I change this if I am installing remotely by > using 'pkg_add > > -r' ? > > You can't. The package is just a pre-compiled binary of the > port using > the default options specified in the port's Makefile. > Basically, it's > the result of: > > # cd /usr/ports/mail/mailman > # make package > > > Maybe I'm missing something here... I always use pkg_add, which I > > gather automatically installs the port... Is there a way to > download > > the port and compile it locally? If so, can you direct me > to the FAQ > > on this? I have not been able to find anything in my 2nd > Ed. copy of > > the FreeBSD Handbook. > > pkg_add only deals with binaries. You'll need to compile the port > itself if you want to change the default options. Take a look at > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html > for info on installing the ports collection and installing individual > ports. > > - jim > > -- > jim mock <mij@{soupnazi|opendarwin}.org> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
