Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 13:42:00 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portsdb -U fails Message-ID: <200401301342.00961.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <20040130212826.GA86385@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20040130195143.GA93830@seatle.vredesdorp.nl> <20040130212826.GA86385@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Friday 30 January 2004 01:28 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 08:51:43PM +0100, r t g tan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Have done at least the following: > > 1 - fresh ports cvsup for all the ports > > 2 - rm /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db > > 3 - pkgdb -F > > > > However portsdb -U fails and generates a lot of > > error messages like the following: > > > > *** Error code 2: malformed entry: *** Error code 2 > > *** Error code 2: malformed entry: *** Error code 2 > > *** Error code 2: malformed entry: *** Error code 2 > > cd: can't cd to wmthemeinstall: malformed entry: cd: can't cd to > > wmthemeinstall cd: can't cd to wmx: malformed entry: cd: can't cd > > to wmx cd: can't cd to xfce: malformed entry: cd: can't cd to xfce > > > > What is corrupted, and how can I fix this? > > portsdb -U is broken - I sent mail to the author the other day, but > didn't receive a reply yet. In the meantime, you can edit > /usr/local/sbin/make_describe_pass1 and change the 'make -j3' to > 'make'. Has your make index patch been added to the system? I didn't get 43% but 1/3 faster was significant. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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