[haiku] Re: mkdir /usr ?

  • From: scott mc <scottmc2@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:47:25 -0700

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 6:30 PM,  <hudsonco1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm porting a linux app and I have some strange behaviour. I need to create
> some directories under /usr. I can create /usr and subfolders under it. But
> I cannot create files in these folders. Permissions are ok. I can't copy
> files in, I can't use touch, I can't write with vi. When I use cp the error
> is 'cannot create regular file ... invalid argument'.
> Any thoughts?
> Thanks,
> Andrew

if it's using the autotools, chances are you need to use ./configure
--prefix=/boot/common
what are you trying to port? have you checked to see if it's already
being worked on possible at haikuports?
-scottmc

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