Unable to get MAN pages installed

[Dominic Fandrey]

Jerry wrote:
> I am in the process of creating a new port. I cannot seem to get the
> 'man' file installed correctly; however. This is the error message at
> the end of the install process. The file 'scamp.1' exists in the $WRKSRC 
> directory when I extract the distro.
> 
> ===>   Compressing manual pages for scamp-5.2a
> gzip: can't stat: /usr/local/man/man1/scamp.1: No such file or directory
> ===>   Registering installation for scamp-5.2a
> 
> This is the Makefile for the port. It will probably wrap incorrectly!
> 
> # New ports collection makefile for:	scamp
> # Date created:	31 March 2009
> # Whom:	Gerard Seibert <gerard at seibercom.net>
> #
> # $FreeBSD$
> 
> PORTNAME=	scamp
> PORTVERSION=	5.2a
> CATEGORIES=	security
> MASTER_SITES=	http://site1/ ${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE:S/$/:sourceforge,TEST/}
> DISTFILES=	scamp/scamp-5.2a.tar.gz:sourceforge
> 
> MAINTAINER=	gerard at seibercom.net
> COMMENT=	Download & Install additional definition files for Clamav
> 
> .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
> 
> .if exists (${LOCALBASE}/bin/wget) && ! exists (${LOCALBASE}/bin/curl)
> RUN_DEPENDS+=	wget>=1.11.4:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/wget \
> 		bash>=3.2.48_1:${PORTSDIR}/shells/bash3 \
> 		clamav>=0.95:${PORTSDIR}/security/clamav \
> 		gnupg>=2.0.11:${PORTSDIR}/security/gnupg \
> 		rsync>=3.0.5:${PORTSDIR}/net/rsync
> .else
> RUN_DEPENDS+=	curl>=7.19.2:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/curl \
> 		bash>=3.2.48_1:${PORTSDIR}/shells/bash3 \
> 		clamav>=0.95:${PORTSDIR}/security/clamav \
> 		gnupg>=2.0.11:${PORTSDIR}/security/gnupg \
> 		rsync>=3.0.5:${PORTSDIR}/net/rsync
> .endif
> 
> NO_BUILD=	yes
> 
> SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
> 
> MAN1=		scamp.1
> MANCOMPRESS=	no
> 
> post-patch:
> 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|SIG_DB=$${SIG_DB:-""}|SIG_DB=$${SIG_DB:-"/var/db/clamav"}|g' ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}.sh
> 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|CONFIG_DIR="/etc/scamp"|CONFIG_DIR="/usr/local/etc/scamp"|g' ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}.sh
> 
> post-install:
> 	@${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/scamp.conf.sample ${PREFIX}/etc/
> 		@if [ ! -f ${PREFIX}/etc/scamp.conf ]; then \
> 			${CP} -p ${PREFIX}/etc/scamp.conf.sample \
> 			${PREFIX}/etc/scamp.conf ; \
> 		fi
> 
> do-install:
> 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${PORTNAME}.sh ${PREFIX}/bin
> 
> .ifndef(NOPORTDOCS)
> 	@${MKDIR} ${DOCSDIR}
> 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${INSTALL_DATA} README CHANGE.LOG INSTALL Release.html ${DOCSDIR}
> .endif
> 
> 	${CAT} ${PKGMESSAGE}
> 
> .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
> 
> 
> Obviously, I am doing something wrong; I just cannot find it. A scan
> with 'portlint -A' did not turn up a single error on the port.
> 
> I assume I am giving it the wrong PATH; however, I do not know how 
> to correct it.
> 
> 

You shouldn't use MANCOMPRESS. Just remove that line. Depending on
whether your port installs compressed man-pagers or not you should
set MANCOMPRESSED to yes or no.