On Feb 19, "Burton M. Strauss III" wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike
> > Hunter
> > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:59 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [Solved] [Ntop] More Ntop problems on FreeBSD (cannot
> > compile CVS, fbsd 4.8)
>
> <snip/>
>
> > 1. I found it necessary to create $PREFIX/var and $PREFIX/var/ntop by
> > hand (in addition to chowning them as documented).
>
> <snip/>
>
> Now that is truly odd. While Makefile defines the 1st one:
>
> localstatedir = ${prefix}/var
>
>
> there are no other references, anywhere. In my Linux world, they're never
> even created.
>
> The chown message is this:
>
> $(DESTDIR)/$(datadir)/ntop
>
> AFAIK, DESTDIR is only valued when creating an rpm, so that shouldn't be an
> issue.
>
> datadir is one of the standard items, but it's set:
>
> datadir = ${prefix}/share
>
>
> I guess I'm puzzled where /var/ntop enters the picture.
>
>
> Skulk around in your generated Makefile for the datadir= line... let's see
> what it's being set to. Also what version of the various tools are you
> using (if any), e.g. autoconf, automake and make itself...
I should mention that I was using the --prefix=/some/strange/path in
configure.
datadir = ${prefix}/share
I also see
localstatedir = ${prefix}/var
Which seems to be the thing that's not being created.
gmake -v
gmake -v
GNU Make 3.80
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
I used gmake as opposed to make...I can't get regular old make to tell me
a version number...I think it's just part of fbsd 4.8, which I rebuilt
quite recently.
Also, what is the URL of the wiki you mentioned?
Mike
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