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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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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

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