grahamperrin

Beginning to use Git for FreeBSD ports: a rough guide

Not for committers.

Please treat this page as work in progress during the transition to Git.

Preparations

1. rm /var/db/gitup/ports
2. rm -r /usr/ports/*

hogmoru

Technical details for https://stackoverflow.com/a/44169445/6730571

Details of investigation:

On a base system, /usr/bin/java is a symlink that points to /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/java, which is an Apple wrapper tool that locates and executes the actual java.

(Do not touch anything in those 2 system directories. It should actually be impossible due to "System Integrity Protection" anyway.)

If you don't have Java installed, attempting to execute java will open a dialog that invites you to install it.

hlissner

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Note: these instructions are for pre-Sierra MacOS. Sierra (10.12) and newer users see https://gist.github.com/gravitylow/fb595186ce6068537a6e9da6d8b5b96d by @gravitylow

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If you are getting this in gdb on OSX while trying to run a program: