[kde-freebsd] Failure to install kdehier4-1.0.10

[Raphael Kubo da Costa]

Yuri <yuri at rawbw.com> writes:

> I get this error log:
>
> Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 1349
> packages found (-1 +0) (...) done]
> --->  Installing the new version via the port
> ===>  Installing for kdehier4-1.0.10^M
> ===>   Generating temporary packing list^M
> ===>  Checking if misc/kdehier4 already installed^M
> /bin/mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/dbus-1^M
> install  -o root -g wheel -m 444
> /usr/ports/misc/kdehier4/work/session-kde4.conf
> /usr/local/etc/dbus-1^M
> install  -o root -g wheel -m 444
> /usr/ports/misc/kdehier4/work/system-kde4.conf /usr/local/etc/dbus-1^M
> /bin/ln -sf /usr/local/etc/pam.d /usr/local/kde4/etc/^M
> /bin/ln -sf /usr/local/etc/rc.d /usr/local/kde4/etc/^M
> ln: /usr/local/kde4/etc//rc.d: Operation not permitted^M
> *** Error code 1^M
> ^M
> Stop in /usr/ports/misc/kdehier4.^M
>
> My system already has /usr/local/kde4/etc and it is a directory, not a
> link, that's why it fails.
> ls -l /usr/local/kde4/etc
> drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel   512 Oct 22 16:31 dbus-1
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  1128 Feb 25  2011 ksysguarddrc
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    20 Oct 22 16:31 pam.d -> /usr/local/etc/pam.d
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel   512 Jul  9 02:37 rc.d
> drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel   512 Oct 12  2010 xdg

Isn't that related to the instructions in UPDATING? IIRC there were some
commands you had to use to avoid this kind of problem.