nVidia port build failure in ldconfig

[Garrett Cooper]

John Murphy wrote:
> While trying to build /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver-9631 from a
> freshly csup'd ports tree, it stopped with the following error:
> 
> ===>  Installing for linux-expat-1.95.8
> ===>   linux-expat-1.95.8 depends on file: /compat/linux/etc/fedora-release - found
> ===>   Generating temporary packing list
> ===>  Checking if textproc/linux-expat already installed
> cd /usr/ports/textproc/linux-expat/work && /usr/bin/find * -type d -exec /bin/mkdir -p "/compat/linux/{}" \;
> cd /usr/ports/textproc/linux-expat/work && /usr/bin/find * ! -type d | /usr/bin/cpio -pm -R root:wheel /compat/linux
> 299 blocks
> ===>   Running ldconfig
> /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig -r /compat/linux
> ELF binary type "3" not known.
> /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
> *** Error code 2
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/textproc/linux-expat.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/x11-fonts/linux-fontconfig.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/x11/linux-xorg-libs.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver-9631.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver-9631.
> 
> Should I simply csup and keep trying? Report a bug somewhere?
> Or is there anything else I can do?
> 
> FreeBSD-6.2 Release. Generic kernel.
> 
> Please advise if a different list would be more appropriate.

A shell script failed due to ldconfig not being able to figure out the 
binary type in question (in this case Linux). What you should do is 
contact the port maintainer about this.

-Garrett