From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 4 21:58:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A93716A4CE for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:58:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from munk.nu (mail.munk.nu [213.152.51.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C96E243D1D for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:58:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from munk@munk.nu) Received: from munk by munk.nu with local (Exim 4.31; FreeBSD) id 1BAMC2-0005eT-F4; Mon, 05 Apr 2004 05:58:42 +0100 Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 05:58:42 +0100 From: Jez Hancock To: Adam Fabian Message-ID: <20040405045842.GA21560@users.munk.nu> Mail-Followup-To: Adam Fabian , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040404202714.GA25725@turingmachine.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040404202714.GA25725@turingmachine.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: Jez Hancock cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make search name/key broken with ports directory moved X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 04:58:45 -0000 On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 03:27:14PM -0500, Adam Fabian wrote: > Since I moved my ports directory, I *think*, make search name and > make search key don't do anything. I stuck my ports directory under > /home since /usr was getting a bit tight. I set PORTSDIR=/home/usr/ports > in make.conf, which is where my ports tree is. Now, make search > name and make search key don't do anything. No error messages, no > output whatsoever, exit code of 0. As another poster noted, a symbolic link from /usr/ports to the new location should work fine. I shifted mine into my home directory after running out of space on /usr: mv /usr/ports /home/munk ln -s /home/munk/ports /usr/ports Aside from that though, check out the portsearch utility - it has a lot to offer over 'make search' - it's located here: /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/portsearch ^^^^^^^^^^ or whereever you've put your ports now :P Good luck. -- Jez Hancock - System Administrator / PHP Developer http://munk.nu/ http://jez.hancock-family.com/ - Another FreeBSD Diary http://ipfwstats.sf.net/ - ipfw peruser traffic logging