FreeBSD 8.0-CUR: /usr/ports/x11/linux-f8-xorg-libs won't install although emulators/linux_base-f8 is already installed

O. Hartmann ohartman at zedat.fu-berlin.de
Thu Apr 2 07:47:10 PDT 2009


Boris Samorodov wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:28:20 +0000 O. Hartmann wrote:
> 
>> Before filing a PR I will ask for hints for a problem I revealed when
>> I wanted installing usr/ports/x11/linux-f8-xorg-libs on a FreeBSD
>> 8.0-CURRENT/amd64 box (most recent build_world, ports tree up to
>> date).
>> I receive this error:
> 
>> ===>  linux-f8-xorg-libs-7.3 the port should be used with
>> linux_base-f8, please read /usr/ports/UPDATING.
> 
> There was an error at /usr/ports/UPDATING, I committed a fix two
> hours ago. You should define at /etc/make.conf variables:
> OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=f8
> OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORTS=f8
> 
>> *** Error code 1
> 
>> Stop in /usr/ports/x11/linux-f8-xorg-libs.
> 
> 
>> Package /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f8 is already installed, up to
>> date and Linux kernel module is also running and showing up when doing
>> kldstat adjacent with linprocfs and linsysfs.
> 
>> What's wrong?
> 
> HTH & WBR


After adding both lines as recommended everything worked well!

Thanks.


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