Bug 5029 – ASFiles -> Can't create file /usr/share/man/man3/regexp.3

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Ph. Bobo 2002-07-15 09:44:47 UTC]

It seems that there is a permission violation, but I don't know how to resolve it.

make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/ASFiles-1.0/work/ASFiles-1.0/src/bitmaps'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/ASFiles-1.0/work/ASFiles-1.0/src/bitmaps'
make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/ASFiles-1.0/work/ASFiles-1.0/src/external'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/ASFiles-1.0/work/ASFiles-1.0/src/external'
make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/ASFiles-1.0/work/ASFiles-1.0/src/pixmaps'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/ASFiles-1.0/work/ASFiles-1.0/src/pixmaps'
make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/ASFiles-1.0/work/ASFiles-1.0/src/regexp'
../../mkinstalldirs /usr/share/man/man3
sect=3;                         \
inst=`echo "regexp" | sed 's,x,x,'`.3; \
if test -f ./regexp.3; then file=./regexp.3; \
else file=regexp.3; fi; \
/bin/install -c -m 644 $file /usr/share/man/man$sect/$inst
ACCESS DENIED  open_wr:   /usr/share/man/man3/regexp.3
/bin/install: cannot create regular file `/usr/share/man/man3/regexp.3': Permission denied
make[2]: *** [install-man] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/ASFiles-1.0/work/ASFiles-1.0/src/regexp'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/ASFiles-1.0/work/ASFiles-1.0/src'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
+ diefunc src_install 2 2
+ local funcname=src_install lineno=2 exitcode=2
+ shift 3
+ echo

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

+ exit 1
--------------------------- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY ---------------------------
LOG FILE = "/tmp/sandbox-ASFiles-1.0-15798.log"

open_wr:   /usr/share/man/man3/regexp.3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
!!! emerge aborting on  /usr/portage/x11-misc/ASFiles/ASFiles-1.0.ebuild .

[Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2002-07-16 16:35:09 UTC]

this sorted. thanks for the catch, sorry for the inconvenience.