From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 4 07:54:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D21BD16A4CE for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 07:54:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from epstais.com (epstais.com [65.214.160.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F46143D1D for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 07:54:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rdawes@epstais.com) Received: from epstais.com (epstais [65.214.160.150]) by epstais.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i24FsqxG035194; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 07:54:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rdawes@epstais.com) Received: (from rdawes@localhost) by epstais.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id i24FsqwB035193; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 07:54:52 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 07:54:52 -0800 From: Richard Dawes To: Kris Kennaway Message-ID: <20040304155452.GA17995@epstais.com> References: <20040303221112.GA64321@epstais.com> <200403032038.36790.kstewart@owt.com> <20040304063458.GA51215@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040304063458.GA51215@xor.obsecurity.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is 'make index' broken? Suggestions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:54:53 -0000 On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 10:34:58PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 08:38:36PM -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: > > On Wednesday 03 March 2004 02:11 pm, Richard Dawes wrote: > > > Greetings! > > > > > > I'm not a ports developer or maintainer, but I'm curious... > > > > > > For a while now, it seems, I haven't been able to generate > > > a valid INDEX file, and the one I can cvsup is now a couple > > > weeks old... > > > > > > FTR, I am past all the portupgrade issues. I haven't seen > > > any postings about this specically, but I'm wondering if > > > this has anything to do with Kris's repeated "INDEX build > > > failed" postings - which appear to be some sort of automatic > > > output for ports developers. > > > > > > I have been getting similar "make_index: ... no entry..." > > > output, which for me keeps ending like so: > > > > > > > > > make_index: gauche-readline-0.1: no entry for /usr/ports/lang/gauche > > > make_index: gauche-readline-0.1: no entry for /usr/ports/lang/gauche > > > Warning: Duplicate INDEX entry: *** Error code 1 > > > Warning: Duplicate INDEX entry: > > > Done. > > > > > > > > > Then, for portupgrade to work much at all, I have to restore > > > a backup copy of INDEX... > > > > > > Any suggestions? If this is some known situation, would > > > someone kindly point me to an online discussion/explanation > > > available? Thanks!! > > > > Figure out what you have done wrong with your cvsup or refuse. You have > > something missing or too many refuses. Make index was having problems > > from 2 to 3 March but not that port. > > > > Kent > > > > > -Rich > > > > Actually the "Warning: Duplicate INDEX entry: *** Error code 1" means > that 'make describe' failed with an error. INDEX was broken last > night, but seems to be working today in the default case. If you're > still having problems after another cvsup, run 'make describe' by > itself and show us where it fails > > Kris Did an update of ports-all/cvs as of Thu Mar 4 00:12:01 PST 2004 ... Ran "make describe" under /usr/ports ... End of the output as follows: ===> editors/staroffice5 staroffice-5.1a|/usr/ports/editors/staroffice5|/usr/local|Integrated wordprocessor/dbase/spreadheet/drawing/chart/browser|/usr/ports/editors/staroffice5/pkg-descr|mb@imp.ch|editors linux|/usr/ports/archivers/unzip|/usr/ports/emulators/linux_base| ===> editors/staroffice52 *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/editors. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports. TIA for your help! Cheers, Rich -- Richard Dawes rdawes@epstais.com