Re: Cannot install package dcc-dccd

From: Dan Mahoney (Ports) <freebsd_at_gushi.org>
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2023 01:36:56 UTC
It would be cool, I suppose, if ports like this could install a “stub” package that at least let you see the version in the ports tree, and could tell you when a new version was available to build.

-Dan

> On Jun 30, 2023, at 4:41 PM, Patrick Mahan <plmahan@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 12:13 AM Fernando Apesteguía <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com <mailto:fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 8:47 AM Patrick Mahan <plmahan@gmail.com <mailto:plmahan@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> I am puzzled.  I need to install dcc-dccd in order to get dccifd for postfix.  I had this installed on 11.x, but I am setting up a new system with 13.2.
>>> 
>>> I can find it via the search function on the ports page, but when I attempt to install it, I am told it does not exist -
>>> 
>>> root@ns:/mnt/oldsysusr/local/etc/rc.d # pkg install dcc-dccd
>>> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
>>> FreeBSD repository is up to date.
>>> All repositories are up to date.
>>> pkg: No packages available to install matching 'dcc-dccd' have been found in the repositories
>>> 
>>> Obviously I am not holding my mouth right, or typing with the proper hand...
>> 
>> Because of the license, we can't create a pkg for it. You will need to build it from source:
>> 
>> LICENSE_PERMS=  no-pkg-sell no-dist-mirror no-pkg-mirror no-dist-sell
>>                                                                        ^^^^^^^^^
>> And from bsd.licenses.mk <http://bsd.licenses.mk/>:
>> 
>> # pkg-mirror    - Free redistribution of package is permitted
>> 
> 
> Ah, did not notice that since I did not have a local ports tree (I prefer to rely on installable packages).  I will pull a new ports tree and build it locally.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Patrick