gnats/145: can not install send-pr to populate db receive error /opt/gnats/bin/send-pr does not have a categories list

[keh]

>Number:         145
>Category:       gnats
>Synopsis:       can not install send-pr to populate db receive error 
>/opt/gnats/bin/send-pr does not have a categories list
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          support
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Feb 16 17:04:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     address@hidden
>Release:        3.113
>Organization:
>Environment:
SunOS 5.7 Generic_106541-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-cEngine
>Description:
sudo -u gnatsusr make install
./../install-sh -c -m 644 send-pr.el /opt/gnats/share/emacs/lisp/send-pr.el
if [ -f send-pr.elc ]; then \
  ./../install-sh -c -m 644 send-pr.elc 
/opt/gnats/share/emacs/lisp/send-pr.elc; \
else true; fi
send-pr /opt/gnats/bin/send-pr
send-pr: the GNATS site /opt/gnats/bin/send-pr does not have a categories list.
make: *** [install-norm-arch-dep] Error 1


/opt/gnats/libexec/gnats:
total 5153
drwxr-xr-x   3 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:27 .
drwxr-xr-x   3 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 ..
-rwxr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr     4079 Feb 16 17:54 at-pr
-rwxr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr     3151 Feb 16 17:54 check-db
-rwxr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr     4684 Feb 16 17:54 delete-pr
drwxrwxr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:27 dist
-rwxr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr   597640 Feb 16 17:54 file-pr
-r-sr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr   414316 Feb 16 17:54 gen-index
-rwxr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr     9717 Feb 16 17:55 gnats-edit-pr
-r-xr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr   743440 Feb 16 17:54 gnatsd
-rwxr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr     3160 Feb 16 17:54 mail-query
-rwxr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr     2372 Feb 16 17:54 mkcat
-rwxr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr     5035 Feb 16 17:54 mkdist
-rwxr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr   456120 Feb 16 17:55 npr-addr
-rwxr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr   463988 Feb 16 17:55 npr-edit
-rwxr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr   407204 Feb 16 17:55 pr-addr
-rwxr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr   563996 Feb 16 17:55 pr-age
-r-sr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr   612404 Feb 16 17:55 pr-edit
-rwxr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr   456844 Feb 16 17:55 pr-mail
-r-sr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr   415516 Feb 16 17:54 queue-pr
-rwxr-xr-x   1 gnatsusr     2402 Feb 16 17:54 rmcat

/opt/gnats/libexec/gnats/dist:
total 4
drwxrwxr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:27 .
drwxr-xr-x   3 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:27 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     1769 Feb 16 18:27 categories

/opt/gnats/man:
total 5
drwxr-xr-x   5 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 .
drwxr-xr-x  10 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:23 ..
drwxr-xr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 17:55 man1
drwxr-xr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 17:55 man7
drwxr-xr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 17:55 man8

/opt/gnats/man/man1:
total 13
drwxr-xr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 17:55 .
drwxr-xr-x   5 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     2101 Feb 16 17:55 edit-pr.1
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     7559 Feb 16 17:55 query-pr.1

/opt/gnats/man/man7:
total 10
drwxr-xr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 17:55 .
drwxr-xr-x   5 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     7385 Feb 16 17:55 gnats.7

/opt/gnats/man/man8:
total 20
drwxr-xr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 17:55 .
drwxr-xr-x   5 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     2354 Feb 16 17:55 file-pr.8
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     2381 Feb 16 17:55 gen-index.8
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     1926 Feb 16 17:55 mkcat.8
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     2711 Feb 16 17:55 mkdist.8
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     3079 Feb 16 17:55 queue-pr.8
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     2179 Feb 16 17:55 rmcat.8

/opt/gnats/share:
total 6
drwxr-xr-x   4 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:35 .
drwxr-xr-x  10 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:23 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     1769 Feb 16 18:35 categories
drwxr-xr-x   3 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 emacs
drwxr-xr-x   4 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:05 gnats

/opt/gnats/share/emacs:
total 3
drwxr-xr-x   3 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 .
drwxr-xr-x   4 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:35 ..
drwxr-xr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:51 lisp

/opt/gnats/share/emacs/lisp:
total 189
drwxr-xr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:51 .
drwxr-xr-x   3 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr    77704 Feb 16 17:55 gnats.el
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr    59635 Feb 16 17:55 gnats.elc
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr    29225 Feb 16 18:51 send-pr.el
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr    22592 Feb 16 18:51 send-pr.elc

/opt/gnats/share/gnats:
total 5
drwxr-xr-x   4 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:05 .
drwxr-xr-x   4 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:35 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr      400 Feb 16 18:05 cygnus
drwxr-xr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:27 dist
drwxr-xr-x   5 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 gnats-db

/opt/gnats/share/gnats/dist:
total 377
drwxr-xr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:27 .
drwxr-xr-x   4 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:05 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr    18007 Feb 16 18:05 COPYING
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     2805 Feb 16 18:05 INSTALL
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr      853 Feb 16 18:05 MANIFEST
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     2096 Feb 16 18:05 README
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     2023 Feb 16 18:05 categ.texi
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     1769 Feb 16 18:27 categories
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr    16182 Feb 16 18:05 fields.texi
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     2582 Feb 16 18:05 install-sid.sh
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr    21558 Feb 16 18:05 s-usage.texi
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr    29224 Feb 16 18:05 send-pr-el.in
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     8076 Feb 16 18:05 send-pr.1
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr    62647 Feb 16 18:05 send-pr.info
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr    14493 Feb 16 18:05 send-pr.sh
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr    20468 Feb 16 18:05 send-pr.texi
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     1913 Feb 16 18:05 states.texi
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr   160700 Feb 16 18:05 texinfo.tex
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr       19 Feb 16 18:05 version.texi

/opt/gnats/share/gnats/gnats-db:
total 5
drwxr-xr-x   5 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 .
drwxr-xr-x   4 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 18:05 ..
drwxr-xr-x   3 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 12:29 gnats-adm
drwxr-xr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 gnats-queue
drwxr-xr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 pending

/opt/gnats/share/gnats/gnats-db/gnats-adm:
total 40
drwxr-xr-x   3 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 12:29 .
drwxr-xr-x   5 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr      467 Feb 16 11:59 addresses
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     1769 Feb 16 13:48 categories
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     1421 Feb 16 11:59 classes
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr      307 Feb 16 11:59 config
-rw-r--r--   1 root        20480 Feb 16 12:29 gadm.tar
-rw-------   1 gnatsusr     1468 Feb 16 16:29 gnatsd.access
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     1473 Feb 16 16:28 gnatsd.conf
drwxr-xr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 locks
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr      860 Feb 16 11:59 responsible
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     3358 Feb 16 13:36 states
-rw-r--r--   1 gnatsusr     1693 Feb 16 11:59 submitters

/opt/gnats/share/gnats/gnats-db/gnats-adm/locks:
total 2
drwxr-xr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 .
drwxr-xr-x   3 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 12:29 ..

/opt/gnats/share/gnats/gnats-db/gnats-queue:
total 2
drwxr-xr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 .
drwxr-xr-x   5 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 ..

/opt/gnats/share/gnats/gnats-db/pending:
total 2
drwxr-xr-x   2 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 .
drwxr-xr-x   5 gnatsusr      512 Feb 16 11:59 ..
>How-To-Repeat:
install from scratch (no upgrade) and attempt send-pr to populate the database 
for the first time.
It won't work.  Try to make install send-pr and you get the above error.  I've 
tried
the makes in every order I can think of -- no help.  
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: