mail/mailman port installation failing

[Patrick Powell]

On 05/28/14 21:16, John Marshall wrote:
> On Wed, 28 May 2014, 16:36 +1000, John Marshall wrote:
>> I'm having no joy trying to install mailman on a new system.  Builds
>> fine but won't install.  Any tips appreciated.
>>    ===>   Registering installation for mailman-2.1.18.1_1
>>    pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/data/sitelist.cfg): No such file or directory
>>    pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/spam/): No such file or directory
>>    pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/qfiles/): No such file or directory
>>    pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/logs/): No such file or directory
>>    pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/locks/): No such file or directory
>>    pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/lists/): No such file or directory
>>    pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/data/): No such file or directory
>>    pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/archives/public/): No such file or directory
>>    pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/archives/private/): No such file or directory
>>    pkg-static: lstat(/kits/ports/mail/mailman/work/stage/usr/local/mailman/archives/): No such file or directory
>>    *** [fake-pkg] Error code 74
> After helpful off-list mail from mandree@ which pointed at this being a
> local problem, I eventually found the following line in
> /usr/local/etc/ports.conf.
>
>    mail/mailman: CONFIGURE_ARGS=--with-var-prefix=/data/mailman
>
> One of those tweaks one implements to accommodate a local customization,
> and doesn't even remember it's there 6 or 7 years later.
>
> It would appear that this kind of thing doesn't play nicely with the new
> staging environment.  After removing that line from ports.conf and
> rebuilding the port, it installed happily.  Obviously I then had to
> reshuffle my data directories manually.
>
I must be suffering from advanced memory loss--- when did 
/usr/local/etc/ports.conf creep into this?

Is there a link to documentation on this?