portupgrade -rf gettext -m BATCH=yes fails at gnomemeeting stage

[Adam Weinberger]

>> (02.08.2004 @ 1923 PST): Stacey Roberts said, in 5.9K: <<
> > >>Stacey -
> > >>
> > >>If you have a file /nonexistent on your system, delete it.
> > >>
> > >
> > >stacey at Demon ~ $ ls -la /nonexistent/
> > >total 20
> > >drwxr-xr-x   2 <snipped>$       <snipped>$       512 Nov 30 13:30 .
> > >drwxr-xr-x  20 root       wheel      512 Dec  6 18:27 ..
> > >-rw-r--r--   1 <snipped>$  <snipped>$  771 Nov 30 13:30 .cshrc
> > >-rw-r--r--   1 <snipped>$  <snipped>$  255 Nov 30 13:30 .login
> > >-rw-r--r--   1 <snipped>$  <snipped>$  165 Nov 30 13:30 .login_conf
> > >-rw-------   1 <snipped>$  <snipped>$  371 Nov 30 13:30 .mail_aliases
> > >-rw-r--r--   1 <snipped>$  <snipped>$  331 Nov 30 13:30 .mailrc
> > >-rw-r--r--   1 <snipped>$  <snipped>$  801 Nov 30 13:30 .profile
> > >-rw-------   1 <snipped>$  <snipped>$  276 Nov 30 13:30 .rhosts
> > >-rw-r--r--   1 <snipped>$  <snipped>$  852 Nov 30 13:30 .shrc
> > >
> > >So.., I'm not sure of the meaning behind your thinking that I should 
> > >blast this dir
> > >
> For what its worth.., I had a check on other servers here, and /nonexistent *does* exist on those systems as well - in fact even on workstations. So I can't see why this is a required option for this machine.
>> end of "Re: portupgrade -rf gettext -m BATCH=yes fails at gnomemeeting stage" from Stacey Roberts <<

And I assume these are all machines you set up?

The whole point of /nonexistent is that it *doesn't exist*. People can't
log in as a user if there's no home directory.

Really, it sounds like you shouldn't use the systems there as your
comparison point.

# Adam


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