I believe ports and packages to be 2 separate items. pkg_info hasto do
with what packages you have installed. The ports system has to
= do with creating the packages.
Different mechanisms are available to manage the source tree that t he
ports system uses to create packages. I
> File /etc/rc.conf
>
> linux_enable="YES"
> moused_enable="YES"
> keyrate="fast"
> saver="star"
> hald_enable="YES"
> dbus_enable="YES"
> vesa_load="YES"
>
> File /boot/loader.conf
>
> nv
>Sent: Oct 26, 2009 2:53 AM
>To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>Cc: Kenneth , Chris Whitehouse
>Subject: am I the only one, wrt gcc44 -- it is failing and I can't build
>octave or much else
>
>'everything; is dying in /usr/ports/lang/gcc44
>
>I know, (in a
Henry Olyer wrote:
>'everything; is dying in /usr/ports/lang/gcc44
>I know, (in all likelihood,) I'll have to scratch this area and do a
>complete re-install. Fine. The thing is, I didn't change anything to mess
>this area up in the first place.
>I've just been going to various directories in /
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:53:36 -0400
Henry Olyer wrote:
> 'everything; is dying in /usr/ports/lang/gcc44
Update and clean out your ports tree (portsnap/ portsclean). And then
rebuild octave.
Take a look at the error message. Does it tell you to put something
like kern.maxdsiz="734003200" into /bo
'everything; is dying in /usr/ports/lang/gcc44
I know, (in all likelihood,) I'll have to scratch this area and do a
complete re-install. Fine. The thing is, I didn't change anything to mess
this area up in the first place.
I've just been going to various directories in /usr/ports and saying, "m