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 21:13:14
>On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 04:54:14PM -0400, Keith Mastin wrote:
>>
>> /usr/pkgsrc/security/apg,
>> bash-2.05$ make
>> cd: can't cd to /usr/pkgsrc_distfiles/
>> *** Error code 2
>> 
>> Stop.
>> *** Error code 1
>> 
>> Stop.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> >
>> > Did chmod 0664 /usr/pkgsrc_distfiles (from 0644), and tried again:
>
>you must be joking, aren't you?
>
You see something I don't then... I was told I need write access to that 
directory, which is owned root:wheel and was 0644... only root could 
write. ...I did something I shouldn't have?

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