freebsd and snort

[gahn]

Thanks. greatly appreciated.

Best

----- Original Message ----
From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel at gmail.com>
To: gahn <ipfreak at yahoo.com>
Cc: freebsd general questions <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>; freebsd security <freebsd-security at freebsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:57:38 AM
Subject: Re: freebsd and snort

On 5/27/08, gahn <ipfreak at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello all:
>
>  I tried to install snort under /usr/ports/security and have some problems. with "make all", I checked every item on the menu but I got error messages:
>
>  //////////////////////////////
>
>  laptop# make all
>  ===>  snort-2.8.1_1 is marked as broken: FLEXRESP2 patch file does not incorporate cleanly.
>  *** Error code 1
>
>  Stop in /usr/ports/security/snort.
>
>  ///////////////////////////////
>
>  tried "make distclean" and it didn't seem to help to clear the problem. Looked at the timestamps on the files and I don't see any files modified by the command "make all"
>
>  could anyone help me on this?
>
Use "make config" to bring up the Options screen, and check FLEXRESP
and uncheck FLEXRESP2.

Scot