Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 04:47:57 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, axel.gruner@suedfactoring.de Subject: Re: Problem with INDEX Message-ID: <200411230447.57384.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <20041123084531.GD95566@pcs28.suedfactoring.de> References: <20041123084531.GD95566@pcs28.suedfactoring.de>
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On Tuesday 23 November 2004 12:45 am, Axel S. Gruner wrote: > Hi. > > I ran into some problems with "portsdb -uU" since the INDEX file has > been removed from the CVS. > Sometimes it works, sometimes not. > In my understanding, after a cvsup of the ports tree, i have to do a > "make fetchindex". Works fine. But what about a "portsd -uU"? Is this > one obsolet (but portupgrade needs the INDEX.db?)? > > So the only INDEX file i have is "INDEX" if i run "portsdb -uU" i get > en Error 1. If i run just "portversion -v" after a cvsup, i get a > "Updating the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait.." > after a while also an error 1. > > So, is this just a problem "at the moment", or does it depends on the > removal of "INDEX" from the CVS tree? After you do a fetchindex, you need to run portsdb -u to build a new INDEX.db. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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