The tip(1) utility will not start until and unless the /var/spool/lock directory is created. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: ~ # tip sio0 Actual Results: /var/spool/lock/LCK..cuad0: No such file or directory Can't open lock file. all ports busy Expected Results: ~ # mkdir /var/spool/lock ~ # tip sio0 connected Portage 2.1.4_rc3 (default-bsd/fbsd/6.2/x86, gcc-4.2.2, freebsd-lib-6.2-r3, 6.2-RELEASE i386) ================================================================= System uname: 6.2-RELEASE i386 i386 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:00:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.5.1-r4 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0_rc6 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 6.2-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86-fbsd ~x86-fbsd" CBUILD="i686-gentoo-freebsd6.2" CFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=i686 -pipe" CHOST="i686-gentoo-freebsd6.2" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="collision-protect distlocks getbinpkg metadata-transfer sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="berkdb cli cracklib crypt cups dri gdbm iconv java5 logrotate midi ncurses nls oss pam pcre perl ppds python readline reflection session spl ssl tcpd unicode x86-fbsd xorg zlib" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="FreeBSD" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="FreeBSD" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="BSD" VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark chips cirrus cyrix dummy i128 i810 mach64 mga neomagic nv r128 radeon rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion sis tga trident tseng vga via vmware" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
keepdir added in fbsd-ubin-8.2, thx