Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 13:29:17 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports Index Update Error - mail/lmtpd Failure Message-ID: <20040505202917.GA4833@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20040505164214.GA2102@freebsd.jolok.org> References: <20040504042404.GA797@earthlink.net> <20040505164214.GA2102@freebsd.jolok.org>
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--UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 09:42:14AM -0700, Joshua Lokken wrote: > * Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net> [2004-05-04 22:04]: > > Was unsucessful at upgrading my ports system Saturday due to a=20 > > failure during the port index update. More specifically, I=20 > > received an error message stating that mail/lmtpd file failed. > >=20 > > The upgrade process is fairly basic beginning with a backup of > > /var/db/pkg, followed with pkgdb -Fv, cvsup -g -L 2 -z cvsupfile, > > and then portsdb -uU. The error ocurred during the index update=20 > > and a message followed describing the error stating "Makefile",=20 > > line 47: You cannot use DB3 and DB4 in the same time. >=20 > I've been using the ports collection happily for a couple of years now, > and portsdb -Uu has correctly made me an index once. I believe it's > redundant, though, to immediately follow a cvsup with a portsdb -Uu, as > the cvsup takes care of the index for you. I wouldn't worry too much; > I've seen other folks recommend recvsupping and trying again; It should > be ok to ignore it; at least I always have. No, you have to build index yourself if you want it to be up-to-date. Kris --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAmU6dWry0BWjoQKURAsMzAJ4qPMrIGdBOi4oxexBzlLwkmtAfagCfWXrV hQCsg+NSGiNFeMBvlb2uShQ= =ZTIJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2--
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