From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 11 10:51:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (fac13.ds.psu.edu [146.186.61.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1AAA37B405 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:51:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (localhost.ds.psu.edu [127.0.0.1]) by fac13.ds.psu.edu (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fBBIpAd32419; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 13:51:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu) Message-Id: <200112111851.fBBIpAd32419@fac13.ds.psu.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: "Kevin Oberman" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multiple versions of ports somehow installed. In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 Dec 2001 09:42:19 PST." <200112111742.fBBHgJd20087@ptavv.es.net> From: dochawk@psu.edu Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 13:51:10 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > From: dochawk@psu.edu > > fac13ttyp1:hawk>ls -l /usr/ports/INDEX > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1875832 Nov 19 09:48 /usr/ports/INDEX > > This hasn't been touched since Nov 19, despite repeated attempts at > > portsdb -Uu > > Also, according to the manpage, INDEX.db and INDEX.rbo should be here. > > They're not. > > Shouldn't the missing files and inability to do anything cause an error? > Wow. It looks like something REALLY messed things up on your > system. Your analysis matches mine. as the philosopher said, "swell" :) > The INDEX file looks OK. It should not be updated under normal > circumstances. But you do need the other files which SHOULD be created > by "portsdb -u" and I can't imagine what is failing. > You might want to re-install ruby and then portupgrade, but that's > just a shot in the dark. I suspect that you might have a current > portupgrade and an old ruby. drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Oct 15 12:49 /var/db/pkg/ruby-1.6.5.2001.10.05 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Oct 15 12:36 /var/db/pkg/ruby-fnmatch-1.1b_1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Oct 15 12:36 /var/db/pkg/ruby-optparse-0.8.4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Oct 15 12:36 /var/db/pkg/ruby-uri-0.9,1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jun 24 22:02 /var/db/pkg/vim+ruby-6.0ae_1 I recall trouble with vim+ruby some time ago . . . I've deleted and made ruby and ruby-optparse, and portsdb again exits instantly. I'm wondering if it's time to just flush all the ports, rm -rf /usr/ ports /usr/local, and start again . . . hawk -- What part of "non-negotiable" didn't you understand? /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings. Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message