silly Q: any script running before make install /w ports ?

Glen Barber glen.j.barber at gmail.com
Sun May 24 12:57:47 UTC 2009


Hi, Robert

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Robert Joosten <robert at ml.erje.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a standard umask of 0077 on a box.
>
> I grabbed irssi from ports, but he doesn't connect to any irc server...
> running it as root will. Now I suspect that umask setting of mine.
>

IRC-ing as root is a bad idea.  As a normal user, does irssi start?
If not, what are the errors?

> That leaves me with a silly question: is there any script running before I
> enter 'make install' ? I cannot find it in the dev. section of the
> handbook about creating ports.
>

I'm not clear what you're asking here.

-- 
Glen Barber


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