Subject: Re: pkgsrc fubar... how to apply a patch?
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Keith Mastin <kmastin@beechtree.ca>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/22/2002 16:54:14
>On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Keith Mastin wrote:
>> /var/db/pkg is 0775 from 0755.. still no go
>
>Not enough information.
>What does not work?
>Show us.
>Give us the output.

/usr/pkgsrc/security/apg,
bash-2.05$ make
cd: can't cd to /usr/pkgsrc_distfiles/
*** Error code 2

Stop.
*** Error code 1

Stop.

This has been an exercise to install as user rather than root. The machine 
is runnning behind a decent firewall on a DMZ, so I'm not too concerned 
about dropping the packages in right now as root, but it would be nice to 
be able to install as user later on. So I'm not in a rush to get this 
straightened out, but it is on the priority list.

>Anyways, you have to have the right permissions to install setuid or
>setgid applications like exim, rumba, unrumba, postdrop, Linux su, etc.

apg doesn't need suid or sgid to run, so should be okay to install as 
user. Now, it just might work to install a binary as a user, but I don't 
install binaries, so it's a moot point.

Thank you
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