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    Building pfSense - Something basic I'm doing wrong?

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      bhawk6901
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      update: php55 errors are gone. uninstalled php53 first
      still stuck on strongswan and libevent errors though

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        bhawk6901
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        went back to building on 8.3, All ports get build except for lighttpd.
        Error log as shown in attachment

        I went ahead to make the iso which got built succesfully but the web  configurator page wouldnt load which i assume is due to absence of lighttpd.
        What's causing the error? Help please

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          bmeeks
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          @bhawk6901:

          went back to building on 8.3, All ports get build except for lighttpd.
          Error log as shown in attachment

          I went ahead to make the iso which got built succesfully but the web  configurator page wouldnt load which i assume is due to absence of lighttpd.
          What's causing the error? Help please

          It's a problem with the pkgconfig tool version. Unfortunately, that's about the extent of my knowledge about this on FreeBSD.  I recall hitting the same error myself in the past.  I think I solved it by manually altering the Makefile, but as soon as you do a refresh from the pfsense-tools repository, your change will be overwritten.  I have not looked, but are there different Git branches for pfsense-tools?  Pulling "master" will of course bring down stuff optimized for FreeBSD 10.  If older versions exist, they may contain pfPorts files compatible with the older FreeBSD 8.3 tools.

          Bill

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            bhawk6901
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            @bmeeks:

            It's a problem with the pkgconfig tool version. Unfortunately, that's about the extent of my knowledge about this on FreeBSD.  I recall hitting the same error myself in the past.  I think I solved it by manually altering the Makefile, but as soon as you do a refresh from the pfsense-tools repository, your change will be overwritten.
            Bill

            Can you please guide me to what change did you make exactly? I studied the Makefile but there was only one metnion of pkgconfig

            GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
            USES= gmake libtool pkgconfig tar:bzip2

            One issue which i faced while building 2.2 via v10 was that whenever it tried to clone pfsense from repository, it would fail. When i checked git repository, i couldnt find RELENG_2_2 branch. Is that why if was failing and reporting that pfSenseGITREPO path doesnt exist?

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              bmeeks
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              @bhawk6901:

              @bmeeks:

              It's a problem with the pkgconfig tool version. Unfortunately, that's about the extent of my knowledge about this on FreeBSD.  I recall hitting the same error myself in the past.  I think I solved it by manually altering the Makefile, but as soon as you do a refresh from the pfsense-tools repository, your change will be overwritten.
              Bill

              Can you please guide me to what change did you make exactly? I studied the Makefile but there was only one metnion of pkgconfig

              GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
              USES= gmake libtool pkgconfig tar:bzip2

              One issue which i faced while building 2.2 via v10 was that whenever it tried to clone pfsense from repository, it would fail. When i checked git repository, i couldnt find RELENG_2_2 branch. Is that why if was failing and reporting that pfSenseGITREPO path doesnt exist?

              I don't remember what I changed.  I just did a lot of Google searching and fiddled around with the USES section in the Makefile (looks like you are already doing that).  I know at one point I also went exploring through /usr/ports/devel and installed some other stuff (but again, sorry I did not keep track of what I did).  I only use my builders to produce PBIs for my supported packages: Snort and Suricata.  I don't build ISOs routinely.  I built one, and only just once.  Actually I think my builder is also currently "broken" for building an ISO.  It works fine for my purpose of building PBIs, though.

              As for your second question, you are correct there is currently no RELENG_2_2 branch.  If you have not done so already, from your builder and in the tools directory issue this command to see the available remote branches:

              
git remote show origin

              Bill

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                clem68
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                The master branch of pfsense-tools supports building on FreeBSD 8.3 as well as 10.
                Ports are not tied to a FreeBSD version, but there should be no problem building them up-to-date (I have done so).

                Regarding pkgconf, I had a problem related to its obsolescence (it needs to be replaced by pkg-config) and maybe you are facing the same thing. The steps required to deal with this  are described in UPGRADING , for example you can do:

                portmaster -o devel/pkgconf devel/pkg-config
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                  bhawk6901
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                  @clem68:

                  The master branch of pfsense-tools supports building on FreeBSD 8.3 as well as 10.
                  Ports are not tied to a FreeBSD version, but there should be no problem building them up-to-date (I have done so).

                  Regarding pkgconf, I had a problem related to its obsolescence (it needs to be replaced by pkg-config) and maybe you are facing the same thing. The steps required to deal with this  are described in UPGRADING , for example you can do:

                  portmaster -o devel/pkgconf devel/pkg-config

                  Thanks for the guidance. I'll look into it further :)

                  meanwhile regarding 2.2, which version do i specify to get build 2.2? I performed git remote origin and found these

                  Remote branches:
                      RELENG_1_2 tracked
                      RELENG_2_0 tracked
                      RELENG_2_1 tracked
                      devel      tracked
                      master    tracked
                    Local branch configured for 'git pull':

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                    bhawk6901
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                    @clem68:

                    The master branch of pfsense-tools supports building on FreeBSD 8.3 as well as 10.
                    Ports are not tied to a FreeBSD version, but there should be no problem building them up-to-date (I have done so).

                    Regarding pkgconf, I had a problem related to its obsolescence (it needs to be replaced by pkg-config) and maybe you are facing the same thing. The steps required to deal with this  are described in UPGRADING , for example you can do:

                    portmaster -o devel/pkgconf devel/pkg-config

                    i had pkgconf installed, if im not wrong pkgconf replaced pkg-config.you mean i should revert to old i,e. pkg-config?

                    lighttpd.txt

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                      bhawk6901
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                      messed around with pkg-plist, removed "@" symbols and error changes to

                      Creating bzip'd tar ball in '/usr/ports/www/lighttpd/work/pkg/lighttpd-1.4.35_2.tbz'
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/modules.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/access_log.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/auth.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/cml.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/cgi.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/compress.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/debug.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/dirlisting.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/evhost.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/expire.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/fastcgi.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/magnet.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/mime.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/mysql_vhost.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/proxy.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/rrdtool.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/scgi.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/secdownload.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/simple_vhost.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/ssi.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/status.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/trigger_b4_dl.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/userdir.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: sample etc/lighttpd/conf.d/webdav.conf.sample: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: dirrm lib/lighttpd: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: dirrmtry etc/lighttpd/vhosts.d: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: dirrmtry etc/lighttpd/conf.d: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: dirrmtry etc/lighttpd: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
                      tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
                      pkg_create: make_dist: tar command failed with code 256
                      *** Error code 1

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                        bhawk6901
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                        making a few changed to pkg-plist in lighttpd made the errors go away
                        iso was built but it was a livecd iso. is that what was supposed to be built? or are there other isos we can get?
                        Also when i tried to install from live cd i got the error

                        dfuife_curses missing

                        missing. What may have caused that?

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                          PiBa
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                          Live iso is the only iso that is needed for a regular installation of pfSense.
                          However is seems during building the iso the installer is not properly build/included..

                          Solution is to use another git repository ( git://github.com/Key4ce/bsdinstaller.git ) as written here:
                          https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=82845.msg453695#msg453695

                          Or wait until his pull-request gets applied.: https://github.com/pfsense/bsdinstaller/pull/2

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