On Sunday 11 September 2005 06:33, the author Lowell Gilbert contributed to the dialogue on- Re: Katrina project -- How can I get the libmagic distribution for freebsd 5.3:
>Vizion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I have reason to doubt the validity of my libmagic distribution. >> >> I urgently need to resolve this for a non-profit project to provide >> services for Katrina survivors. >> >> Does anyone help me to get and re-install that distribution correctly? >> >> Thanks >> >> FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > >libmagic is part of the base system, and imports are regularly taken >from the maintainer. The easiest thing to do would be to update your >whole system; short of that, updating just that library from the >FreeBSD cvs tree would probably be the simplest. > >If you really want to go to source, I recall there being some pointers >in a makefile indicating where it came from... Thanks very much In fact it turned out that libmagic was OK on my system. The problem was in fact caused by a bug in the php5 Makefile which, on FreeBSD 5.3 was looking for libmagic in the wrong location. At the same time the console message asked the user to reinstall libmagic -- which of cource would not have put libmagic in the place that the makefile was looking at!!! I have let [EMAIL PROTECTED] know about that bug and another bug in the php5 make so it will no doubt get fixed in the next version. Thanks again david Thanks for your help -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after completing engineroom refit. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
