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Bug 5294

Summary: tuxtype ebuild gives directory creation permission errors
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Robert Cole <robert.cole>
Component: New packagesAssignee: José Alberto Suárez López <bass>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: 1.3   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Robert Cole 2002-07-20 00:10:13 UTC
Trying to install this app with gentoo v1.3 gcc 3.1 gives errors when trying to
create /usr/doc/tuxtype

>>> Install tuxtype-1.0-r1 into /var/tmp/portage/tuxtype-1.0-r1/image/ category
app-games
Making install in tuxtype
make[1]: Entering directory
`/var/tmp/portage/tuxtype-1.0-r1/work/tuxtype-1.0/tuxtype'
Making install in docs
make[2]: Entering directory
`/var/tmp/portage/tuxtype-1.0-r1/work/tuxtype-1.0/tuxtype/docs'
Making install in en
make[3]: Entering directory
`/var/tmp/portage/tuxtype-1.0-r1/work/tuxtype-1.0/tuxtype/docs/en'
make[4]: Entering directory
`/var/tmp/portage/tuxtype-1.0-r1/work/tuxtype-1.0/tuxtype/docs/en'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
/bin/sh ../../../mkinstalldirs /usr/doc/tuxtype/
mkdir /usr/doc/tuxtype
ACCESS DENIED  mkdir:     /usr/doc/tuxtype
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/doc/tuxtype': Permission denied
make[4]: *** [install-data-local] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/tuxtype-1.0-r1/work/tuxtype-1.0/tuxtype/docs/en'
make[3]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/tuxtype-1.0-r1/work/tuxtype-1.0/tuxtype/docs/en'
make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/tuxtype-1.0-r1/work/tuxtype-1.0/tuxtype/docs'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/tuxtype-1.0-r1/work/tuxtype-1.0/tuxtype'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

!!! ERROR: The ebuild did not complete successfully.
!!! Function src_install, Line 2, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)

--------------------------- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY ---------------------------
LOG FILE = "/tmp/sandbox-tuxtype-1.0-r1-32493.log"

mkdir:     /usr/doc/tuxtype
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
!!! emerge aborting on  /usr/portage/app-games/tuxtype/tuxtype-1.0-r1.ebuild .
ws2 root #
Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-07-21 10:18:20 UTC
documentation should go into /usr/share/doc anyway