checking whether /usr/local/bin/gcp is GNU cp... configure: error: no, GNU cp needed. install or specify with --with-gnu-cp=/path/to/it

[Eugeny N Dzhurinsky]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 05:36:40PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On 2007-Jul-10 08:32:40 +0300, Eugeny N Dzhurinsky <bofh at redwerk.com> wrote:
> >checking whether /usr/local/bin/gpatch is GNU patch... yes
> >checking whether /usr/local/bin/gcp is GNU cp... configure: error: no, GNU cp needed. install or specify with --with-gnu-cp=/path/to/it
> 
> What is your /usr/local/bin/gcp?  The ports system assumes it was installed
> by sysutils/coreutils.
> 
> All I can suggest is that you re-install coreutils and try again.

Looks like I had VERY old binaries (dated at 2004), so I removed them and
installed the port you suggested, everything started to build from now.

thanks!

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Eugene N Dzhurinsky