On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 00:41 +1200, Kaiwai Gardiner wrote: > > You don't need to run pkgtool via pfexec. pkgtool calls pfexec when > > needed (for installing/uninstalling packages). Otherwise the build > > should run as a non-privileged user to avoid accidentally messing > > up your system. > > I have to admit, I've had the same problem as well, even when Software > Installation is selected, it still doesn't compile. Worse, I think is > when all the compiling and things are hidden from view, or the links to > downloading source code are always broken. Its a nightmare from top to > bottom.
Like I said, Software Installation is only needed for install/uninstall operations, it doesn't affect in any way whether you can compile or not. Download links being out of date is a real issue. pkgtool has code for downloading from a mirror site, if someone can offer to set one up... Laca
