Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:36:49 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: "Wayne M. Barnes" <wayne@klentaq.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Missing pkg-descr - Correction Message-ID: <E25D28BD-651A-4443-AA8F-819E542C6116@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20061213182324.GA7942@klentaq.com> References: <20061213182324.GA7942@klentaq.com>
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On Dec 13, 2006, at 10:23 AM, Wayne M. Barnes wrote: > The following "Missing pkg-descr" is happening to me a lot, > with many > packages. This time it was during "portinstall jdk15". > > ===> Installing for m4-1.4.8_1 > ===> Generating temporary packing list > ** Missing pkg-descr for m4-1.4.8_1. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/devel/m4. > *** Error code 1 > > This time it is on a brand-new install of FreeBSD 6.2. > > How can I be responsible for the "pkg-descr". > > This is the second time I have asked this question. I got > no help before. My email was down briefly. Did I miss the answer? This suggests that your ports tree is incomplete for some reason; you should review how you are updating the ports tree and see whether there is some problem there-- or check the Handbook for other methods of updating /usr/ports... -- -Chuck
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