From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 15 15:13:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E305737B415 for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 15:13:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from parv@worldnet.att.net) Received: from worldnet.att.net ([32.101.235.240]) by mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with ESMTP id <20010815221311.THOS18077.mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net@worldnet.att.net>; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 22:13:11 +0000 Received: by worldnet.att.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8907E50B93; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 18:11:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 18:11:45 -0400 From: parv To: Salvo Bartolotta Cc: f-q Subject: Re: make search isn't making any results in ports Message-ID: <20010815181145.A30569@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Salvo Bartolotta , f-q References: <997869845.3b7a491562488@webmail.neomedia.it> <20010815071230.B13033@moo.holy.cow> <997892294.3b7aa0c60be0b@webmail.neomedia.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <997892294.3b7aa0c60be0b@webmail.neomedia.it>; from bartequi@neomedia.it on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 06:18:14PM +0200 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 this was, on the fateful occasion around Aug 15 12:18 -0400, sent by Salvo Bartolotta > ... > > "make search" is performed on the INDEX (cf ports(7)). I seem to understand > that the search operation used to work on your machine, and that the > above-mentioned problem has only been present for the past few days. that's about correct... > > I would say that your INDEX file is scr**ed up and/or in an inconsistent > state. Since remaking it ("make index") didn't work, the > scr**age^Winconsistent state seems to originate in your ports tree. > > BTW, how did you manage to achieve that? :-) > > ...could be due to moving from /usr/ports to /source/ports or doing make clean there, but both seem to be highly unlikely reasons. but then one must not underestimate the possiblity of stupidity striking with venegnace. > You should take a closer look at your ports tree, in order to see where the > problem lies and/or whether it can be easily fixed. i was hoping for some make magic... > At the moment, the only > (drastic) workaround that comes to mind is the following: > > 0) blow your current ports tree; > 1) reinstall the ports from your most recent CD; > 2) resync it **twice**: > > 2a) the first time, you "update" it to the date of release of your CD (as > close as possible) by adding the "date" keyword (cf cvsup(1)); which is in the > spirit of the suggestions found in J. Polstra's site at http://www.polstra.com > (cf Q12, Q13 in the FAQ): that is, you create the checkouts file in the Right > Way(tm); > > 2b) the second time, you actually update the ports tree, as usual (ie "tag=." > only). (0) done (1) skipped; only have 3.4-release cds (2) doing it once; if make search fails, will do twice. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message