From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 28 05:10:34 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 0031B16A4CE for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 05:10:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.broadpark.no (mail.broadpark.no [217.13.4.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99D3443D53 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 05:10:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from henrik.w.lund@broadpark.no) Received: from azathoth (61.80-202-129.nextgentel.com [80.202.129.61]) by mail.broadpark.no (Postfix) with SMTP id 7413F787A9; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 14:10:29 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <001101c3e5a0$ae982340$fd01a8c0@azathoth> From: "Henrik W Lund" To: References: Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 14:12:21 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The fear of cvsupping my ports... 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: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:10:34 -0000 I cvsup the ports-all megacollection. In fact, I use the default = ports-supfile, and connect to the nearest mirror site. I did use the = default refuse file earlier as well (the one refusing the chinese, = vietnamese, etc. branches), but decided to leave that one out too in = order to eliminate any errors that may cause. What I haven't done, come to think of it, is try to use another mirror. = If for nothing else, then to eliminate that as the cause of the error. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "fbsd_user" To: "Henrik W Lund" ; = Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 1:35 AM Subject: RE: The fear of cvsupping my ports... > Sounds like you are missing the /usr/ports INDEX file or it's messed > up big time. Try cvsup-ing the posts-base category. The INDEX file > is part of that category. The ports-base category only contains the > things that make the ports application function and will not effect > any of your port config files you have previous downloaded to your > hard drive. With out an current ports-base you have no bases from > which to debug other ports problems. If you do not know how to do > this, contact me back and I will give you instructions.