Missing pkg-descr

Wesley Shields wxs at atarininja.org
Wed Dec 13 11:32:48 PST 2006


[Moving to ports@ as it's more suited for there...]

On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 12:27:56PM -0600, Wayne M. Barnes wrote:
> Dear FreeBSD,
> 
>     Did something happen to the location for the "pkg-descr" so
> that ports can't find it?  The following happens to me a lot,
> for many packages:
> 
> ===>  Installing for gmake-3.81_1
> ===>   Generating temporary packing list
> ** Missing pkg-descr for gmake-3.81_1.
> *** Error code 1

Does the pkg-descr file exist in the port directory?

Are you setting any variables in your environment which may affect this
($DESCR)?

-- WXS


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