A jail?

[BSD]

On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 06:07:35PM -0800, Rishi Chopra wrote:
> Simply trying to install postgresql - the message I included is what the 
> system prints out when installing from the ports collection.
> 
> Andrew L. Gould wrote:

Er, what directory were you in when you did the make install? The only
port that produces the message below is ports/emulators/linux_base,
which is definately not a dependency of postgresql, nor of any of its
dependents.

> >On Thursday 08 January 2004 06:13 pm, Rishi Chopra wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>While installing postgres I get the following:
> >>
> >>
> >>You need to create the null device in your jailed Linux environment. Run
> >>this
> >>outside the jail, then press enter:
> >>
> >>mkdir -m 0755 -p <Jail root dir>/dev
> >>rm -f <Jail root dir>//compat/linux/dev/null
> >>mknod <Jail root dir>//compat/linux/dev/null c 2 2
> >>chmod 666 <Jail root dir>//compat/linux/dev/null
> >>
> >>
> >>Do I HAVE to make a jail? I was just going to run the postgresql port on
> >>my FreeBSD box, sans-condom.  The box only has one user and there are no
> >>security concerns to speak of.
> >>
> >>-R
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >PostgreSQL is available via the FreeBSD ports system.  It does not require 
> >a jail or linux emulation.
> >
> >What are you trying to do?
> >
> >Andrew Gould
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> 
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