pkg/59879: gnats: mkdb fails with: chown: not found, and: gnatsd.user_access: No such file or directory
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>Number: 59879 >Category: pkg >Synopsis: gnats: mkdb fails with: chown: not found, and: gnatsd.user_access: No such file or directory >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: pkg-manager >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: net >Arrival-Date: Fri Jan 02 17:55:00 +0000 2026 >Originator: Henryk Paluch >Release: current 20260101060018Z, pkgsrc head 20260101 >Organization: N/A >Environment: NetBSD nbsd-curr-gnats.example.com 11.99.4 NetBSD 11.99.4 (GENERIC) #0: Thu Jan 1 06:00:18 UTC 2026 [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64 >Description: Tested gnats version: gnats-4.2.0nb5 After pkgsrc installation of gnats I'm advised to run mkdb, but it fails with two errors: root# su - gnats /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb default /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb: domkdir: chown: not found /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb: domkdir: chown: not found /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb: domkdir: chown: not found /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb: domkdir: chown: not found /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb: domkdir: chown: not found Copying default files from /usr/pkg/share/gnats/defaults /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb: docp: chown: not found /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb: docp: chown: not found /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb: docp: chown: not found cp: /usr/pkg/share/gnats/defaults/gnatsd.user_access: No such file or directory Can't copy file /usr/pkg/share/gnats/defaults/gnatsd.user_access to /var/db/gnats/gnatsdb/gnats-adm/gnatsd.user_access, exiting >How-To-Repeat: Install gnats either from binary package or source. I used source: cd ~/pkgsrc/databases/gnats make install Install notice: =========================================================================== $NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.7 2005/08/27 22:24:02 recht Exp $ See http://www.gnu.org/software/gnats/ for the official web page and don't forget to run /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb default as user gnats to create the default database. Add the following line to /etc/inetd.conf to activate GNATS: support stream tcp nowait gnats /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/gnatsd gnatsd Add something like this into the crontab to process incoming bug reports: */5 * * * * /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/queue-pr -r To accept PRs by mail you'll need some new mail aliases too, e.g. gnats-admin: postmaster bugs: "| /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/queue-pr -q" query-pr: "| /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mail-query" =========================================================================== Run command below to create default database: root# su - gnats /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb default /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb: domkdir: chown: not found /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb: domkdir: chown: not found /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb: domkdir: chown: not found /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb: domkdir: chown: not found /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb: domkdir: chown: not found Copying default files from /usr/pkg/share/gnats/defaults /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb: docp: chown: not found /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb: docp: chown: not found /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb: docp: chown: not found cp: /usr/pkg/share/gnats/defaults/gnatsd.user_access: No such file or directory Can't copy file /usr/pkg/share/gnats/defaults/gnatsd.user_access to /var/db/gnats/gnatsdb/gnats-adm/gnatsd.user_access, exiting >Fix: First error "chown: not found" is caused by custom PATH set in mkdb that does not include "/sbin" where is "chmod" located. Proposed fix: --- usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb.old 2026-01-02 17:36:35.600476596 +0000 +++ usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb 2026-01-02 17:42:59.172205964 +0000 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ # along with GNU GNATS; see the file COPYING. If not, see # <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. -PATH="/usr/pkg/libexec/gnats:/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/pkg/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:${PATH}" +PATH="/usr/pkg/libexec/gnats:/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/pkg/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:${PATH}" export PATH GNATS_USER=gnats To fix later bug: "cp: /usr/pkg/share/gnats/defaults/gnatsd.user_access: No such file or directory" we need to copy needed files from example folder to target folder (so it should be enough to add that step to installation message): cp /usr/pkg/share/examples/gnats/*_access /usr/pkg/share/gnats/defaults/ And rerun as root commands below: rm -rf /var/db/gnats/gnatsdb # required to remove half-finished remains of gnatsdb su - gnats /usr/pkg/libexec/gnats/mkdb default Copying default files from /usr/pkg/share/gnats/defaults (finishes without error)