Re: sup -s -v

["Georges Heinesch" <geohei-ml%geohei.lu@localhost>]

Quoting Ignatios Souvatzis (17-Apr-01 19:30:06):

> On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 06:29:31PM +0100, Georges Heinesch wrote:

>> I would like to install pkgsrc. I got the NetBSD documentation,
>> followed the laid down procedure word by word and got stuck.
>> 
>> Under "Setting up the NetBSD Packages Collection", point 2, sup, I
>> tried "sup -s -v" as described and got the follwing message:
>> 
>>     SUP 8.26 (4.3 BSD) for system software at Apr 13 18:22:37
>>     SUP: Can't find my host entry '(null)'
>> 
>> Of course, I went online before I did this and copied the coll
>> coll.list to /etc/supfiles/.
>> 
>> What goes wrong here?

> Sorry, I don't know. Even if I was a sup expert, I'd need more
> information, for example the output of "hostname", your network
> configuration files etc.

'hostname' returns a blank line (not set).

> Add these, and please ask on netbsd-users%netbsd.org@localhost --- this is no
> Amiga specific question.

I subscribed right now. Thanks!

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