Multiple Versions of Same Port
Thanks in advance for any help. I'm new to FreeBSD. I want to maintain multiple copies of the apache server, one running PHP, another running mod_perl, perhaps another configured differently ... If I use the ports system, how do I go about this? I can use a different PREFIX for each different installation, but will the ports system overwrite the information each time under /var/db/pkg? If so, I'm thinking this would break the pkg_delete functionality at least. I thought I might just cp the apache13 port, call if something different, say apache13-2, and then do a "make PREFIX=/usr/local/apache_whatever install". But should I use the ports system for this? Under linux I'd just do different compiles, which I could do here, but I like the ease-of-upgrading provided by ports so I'd like to use that if I could, as well as just gain the general insight. I tried searching the archives but couldn't find anything helpful. Sorry if I missed something. Any help here would be appreciated. uname -a * FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE #0: Wed Oct 9 15:08:34 GMT 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 -GM __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Aliasing Libraries or Installing Older Versions
Thanks in advance for any help. Trying to build mod_php4 (version 4.3.1) as a port, basically not a big deal, BUT ... when I try to add XSLT support via Sablotron, the Sablotron port builds nicely from /usr/ports/textproc/sablotron but installs a version of library that ldconfig -r lists as lsablot.70. The mod_php4 build complains (as pasted below) that is can't find sablot.69. I rebuilt the library cache by running ldconfig, but it appears that php is looking specifically for sablot.69 and nothing else. Can a library be aliased? Or should an older version be installed? If so, how do I obtain that? Hints? Suggestions? * BEGIN ERROR PASTE * ===> mod_php4-4.3.1 depends on shared library: sablot.69 - not found ===>Verifying install for sablot.69 in /usr/ports/textproc/sablotron ===> Returning to build of mod_php4-4.3.1 Error: shared library "sablot.69" does not exist *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/www/mod_php4. *** Error code 1 * END ERROR PASTE uname -a * FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE #0: Wed Oct 9 15:08:34 GMT 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 -GM __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Multiple Apache Ports
Greetings all. Time for me to install another Apache in a different location, so I can have two, differently configured, Apache installs running side-by-side. When I try to install the same port again, however, with a different PREFIX, the pkg system complains that I've already got an Apache installed. Should I force this new install? Earlier, when I worried that this would overwrite information in /var/db/pkg someone kindly advised me not to worry about it, that it wouldn't do this. But how should I handle the exception that's showing? Any advice is appreciated. Peace. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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make index && make readmes
Ouch. I've done some searching through the mailing list archives and I've Googled my google off, and I've found references to the problem but no real definitive addressing of it ... I'm sure this has come up, therefore, but ... My "make index" after a cvsup of the ports collection breaks with a "Duplicate INDEX entry". How should I address this? I'm new to this system and I don't just want to go poking around. Also, my "make readmes" from /usr/ports also breaks in the Chinese collection with an error along the lines of "arguments list too long". Argh. Lament. Any help or insight would, of course, be appreciated. Thanks in advance. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
5.0 In-stalls
I'm trying to install 5.0-RELEASE off of CDs made from the latest ISO images. Everything proceeds well, up to a point. The probing looks good, sysinstall seems to proceed nicely ... But the install breaks telling me that the filesystem is full while trying to complete an extract. I allocate 128MB for the root mount, but when I allocate more, it still breaks but on a later extract, so the install seems to proceed futher. I know I'm missing something obvious. Thanks for any help and I'll be happy to supply any necessary info ... Peace, GM __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Installation Woes
Argh. Since my original install wouldn't accept a root partition of 256M and since I had no idea what the minimum should be, I just upped that allotment to 1G and happiness ensued. After this, my installation appeared to proceed normally. Almost. When the installation started I got an error, which I've gotten on subsequent attempts: "Error mounting /mnt/dev/ad0s1f on /mnt/usr : Invalid argument" This is making me very sad. Firstly, the /usr mount is allocated the vast bulk of my hard drive space, about 23G. From what I understand, this shouldn't really be an issue, and I've supplied a newfs argument: newfs -f 2048 -b 16384 The first time the installation completed and I tried to reboot, I got a bunch of error messages informing me that I had an "INVALID FILESYSTEM: Check with fsck", and then got subsquently dropped into a % prompt as root. The filesystem was read-only and the fsck I ran there told me that there was a problem with /mnt/usr and /mnt/var. So ... ideas? Any suggestions on another course to take. I'm going to install FreeBSD on this system if I have to pry the hard drive open and hand copy the bits with a magnetic needle. But since that would obviously take some time, I'd prefer it if someone had any insights. Also, I'm still trying to figure out what to do about multiple INDEX entries warning following a "make index" after a ports cvsup, so if anyone's got any ideas on that, too ... Thanks in advance for any help. It is appreciated. Peace, GM __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Hell of a time
Somebody pleeeaaasse help. I've been trying to install 5.0-RELEASE on an old Dell 600MHz P3. Sysinstall works fine, no issues there. No issues at all until I get the final "do-or-die" message and then whammo! There's a problem with /mnt/usr. Also, the root partition takes a very large amount of space. I've read the handbook, and also "Absolute BSD" and they both indicate that the root partition should take around 128MB of space. But my install won't take that at all. I'm choosing to install "All", source, executables, the whole shebang. But still, it doesn't seem that the 1G of space I'm allocating jives at all with the stated 128MB requirement? What's up with that? Once the install completes -- it makes it past the /mnt/usr problem, at least initially -- the reboot indicates that I need to do a manual fsck, which, if I wasn't comfortable with Unix I'd be extremely offended by. So ... Any suggestions? My system is pretty vanilla, no unusual hardware, just a stock Dell system from three years ago, although it's got a DVD and CD/RW. Anyone please help. Thanks. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Hell of a time, Cont'd
Firstly, thanks for the help so far. My disk is an IBM 27G. The Disklabel config looks like this: Part Mount Size Newfs Part - - ad0s1a /1024MB UFS1Y ad0s1b swap 1024MB SWAP ad0s1d /var 256MB UFS1+S Y ad0s1e /tmp 256MB UFS1+S Y ad0s1f /usr23545MB UFS1+S Y Also, for the "f" partition I make sure that: newfs -f 2048 -b 16384 As far as my installation specs go, I choose "All" to install everything, including source, which I want, and I choose the ports collection as well because it feels me with a sense of divine power, and I also actually use it. As you can see, my /usr mount should have plenty o' space. When I specify mount points manually I enter "/" or "/usr", not "mnt/usr". However, I've only, on most tries, been specifying the root partition and swap, so I can control those sizes, and letting the "Auto" config take over after that. Finally, when I create the initial slice, I allocate the whole space for freebsd, which I want, and I press "S" in order to ensure that it is bootable. Thanks again. Any advice is hugely appreciated. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
