From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 26 14:26: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26A8737B401 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 14:26:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from nemesis.systems.pipex.net (nemesis.systems.pipex.net [62.241.160.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C8B643F07 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 14:26:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from [192.168.1.8] (81-86-129-77.dsl.pipex.com [81.86.129.77]) by nemesis.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64D8316007CFC; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 22:25:53 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: More Portupgrade questions From: Stacey Roberts Reply-To: stacey@vickiandstacey.com To: pjklist@ekahuna.com Cc: Kent Stewart , questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20021226222129651.AAA338@empty1.ekahuna.com@dyn205.ekahuna.com> References: <20021226213238669.AAA277@empty1.ekahuna.com@dyn205.ekahuna.com> <20021226222129651.AAA338@empty1.ekahuna.com@dyn205.ekahuna.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1040941561.68500.88.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 26 Dec 2002 22:26:02 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 On Thu, 2002-12-26 at 22:21, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > On 26 Dec 2002 at 13:39, Kent Stewart boldly uttered: > > > On Thursday 26 December 2002 01:32 pm, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > > > When running "portsdb -uU" as recommended in the Portupgrade > > > documentation I'm currently getting some errors, and not sure if I > > > have to do something about them or what I should do. Couldn't find > > > any suggestions in the Portsdb manpage. > > > > Until just recently "make index" was broken and the only choice was > > using -uU. There was a ~2 day band where "make index" was really > > broken. > > > > For some time now, the only way to get a full list of ports is to do a > > "make index" from /usr/ports. You make get a duplicate port message but > > it works. The -U options fills screens with messages as it encounters > > ports that it can't deal with. > > > Running "make index" fills the screen with lots more error messages > than "portsdb -Uu".. :-) > > Mostly "..no entry for.." messages, some "..Duplicate INDEX entry:.." > messages. > > Continued below. > > > > On 26 Dec 2002 at 21:37, Stacey Roberts boldly uttered: > > > portsdb -U is broken / has been broken for ages. Use the following > > sequence instead: > > make index > > pkgdb -Fv > > portsdb -u > > > When running "pkgdb -Fv" after "make index", I now get: > > > /usr/ports/INDEX:1:Port info line must consist of 10 fields. > [repeats 3 times] > > > > Skip this for now? [yes] > > > Not sure what I should do here. "Make Index" has created a mis- > formatted INDEX file? Sigh. > > > [other error msgs snipped] > > > make_index: no entry for: /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/itk > > > make_index: no entry for: /usr/local > > > Warning: Duplicate INDEX entry: cvsup-without-gui-16.1f > > > > > > > Re-cvsup your ports tree and see if this still happens. > > > I just cvsup'd it yesterday, this was the prerequisite to trying to > update portupgrade and the rest of the ports. I'd cvsup the ports tree now, actually. Things get broken, someone complains, if its simple enough, a fix is uploaded, if you're really lucky, two hours later your mirror is updated. Regards, Stacey > > FYI - if I'm not mistaken, "cvsup-without-gui-16.1f" shares the same > code as the "with gui" cvsup port, but with a different build option. > > > -- > Philip J. Koenig > pjklist@ekahuna.com > Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New > Millenium -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message