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[Ludo Beckers]

Since that page says: <<To ensure *pkgng* on a DragonFly BSD 3.4 or higher
system is ready for use, run the following BEFORE you try to use pkg the
first time:>>

I took out the DragonFly from the VM and loaded it fresh.

Then after

# cd /usr
# make dports-create
I'm stuck with a message that says it could not create work tree dir
'/usr/dports'.
: Read-only file system*** Error code 128


Ludo
www.potingue.be


On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Ludo Beckers <lazylew at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've never seen that page before.
> I'll study it later this weekend and let you know if I could sort things
> out.
>
> Thanks for pointing in the right direction.
>
> Ludo
> www.potingue.be
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:35 PM, John Marino <dragonflybsd at marino.st>wrote:
>
>> On 3/28/2014 12:31, Ludo Beckers wrote:
>> > I replaced the first no with yes, and since that didn't help I tried
>> > them all (4 mirrors mentioned in the file) as yes, and that not working
>> > I tried them separately.
>> > Still not working.
>> >
>> > BTW is there a way I can copy text from the terminal in the VirtualBox
>> > and paste it here?
>> > That could be handy :-) (I used vi to change the file)
>> > Please note I come from the Linux-world, but not as an expert.
>> >
>>
>> Are you referring to this page?
>> http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/howtos/HowToDPorts/
>>
>> I have a feeling you did *not* update the catalog after setting the the
>> mirror.  And only pick one.  It do not that it works with more than 1.
>>
>> Please realize that pkg works; we're all using it.  I think you
>> basically need to start from scratch and read the instructions I
>> referenced above.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John
>>
>
>
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