Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 19:34:56 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Stephen Hilton <nospam@hiltonbsd.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Portversion - Portupgrade Message-ID: <200301151934.56555.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <20030115174051.2d3ce171.nospam@hiltonbsd.com> References: <3E215BB3.9020400@swissgeeks.com> <200301151237.13627.kstewart@owt.com> <20030115174051.2d3ce171.nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
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On Wednesday 15 January 2003 03:40 pm, Stephen Hilton wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:37:13 -0800
>
> Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 15 January 2003 11:46 am, Stephen Hilton wrote:
> > > On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:54:14 -0800
> > >
> > > "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> wrote:
> > > > > Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 13:12:35 +0100
> > > > > From: Pierrick Brossin <pbrossin@swissgeeks.com>
> > > > > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> > > > >
> > > > > Belphoebe Niressi wrote:
> >
> > <snip unrelated messages>
> >
> > > Is the "portsdb -Uu" working properly now? I have been using:
> > >
> > > #> cd /usr/ports
> > > #> rm INDEX*
> > > #> make index
> > > #> pkgdb -Fv
> > > #> portsdb -u
> >
> > I think they are both broken in some respect right now because what
> > I am seeing is the following using "make index" and then run
> > "portsdb -u"
> >
> > <many error messages>
> > /man7/des_modes.7.gz /nonexistentlocal/man/""/man7/Modes.7.gz
> > /nonexistentlocal/man/""/man7/des_modes.7.gz
> > /nonexistentlocal/man/""/man7/of.7.gz | /usr/bin/awk '{for (i=3D2;hav=
e
> > i<=3DNF; i+=3D2) print $i}'" returned non-zero status
> > Done.
> >
> > [Updating the portsdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /usr/ports ... - 8009
> > port entries found
> > .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000..
> >.......6000.........7000.........8000 ..... done]
> >
> > Running "portsdb -Uu I get
> >
> > <lots of error messages>
> > make_index: no entry for: /usr/ports/net/p5-Net-DNS
> > make_index: no entry for: /usr/ports/net/p5-Net-DNS
> > Warning: Duplicate INDEX entry: freeciv-imlib-1.13.0
> > done
> > ruby# portsdb -u
> > [Updating the portsdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /usr/ports ... - 8002
> > port entries found
> > .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000..
> >.......6000.........7000.........8000 ..... done]
> >
> > There are 7 ports that portsdb -U can't account for.
>
> Regarding this error:
> "Warning: Duplicate INDEX entry: freeciv-imlib-1.13.0"
> is this an "inside joke" or just a real tough problem to
> fix? been seeing this error for ages (I would fix this if
> I could, but I couldn't code myself out of a brown paper
> bag :-)
I don't either. I think Kris made a comment on one of them a while back=20
about the index building process not being able to detect that they=20
were different.
>
> > I also don't see why you are doing more than
> >
> > cd /usr/ports
> > make indextwice
> > portsdb -u
>
> Thanks for the correction Kent, I was doing a couple of unnecessary
> steps. I would usually rm my /usr/ports/INDEX /usr/ports/INDEX.db and
> /usr/ports/INDEX.txt files because they were going to be recreated
> anyways (I do refuse the INDEX file when cvsuping to save bandwidth).
>
> > Everything else is something I would do if your installed based
> > gets messed up. For example, portsdb -Fv doesn't have anything to
> > do with making your INDEX* files. When you run "make index", it
> > always wipes INDEX.
>
> I never referenced the command "portsdb -Fv" I said "pkgdb -Fv",
> and I picked up this step from a message thread started by Stacey
> Roberts in December 2002 that you had responded to, so I assumed
> (ya I know) that this was OK or even a "good thing" to do during
> the INDEX's generation process.they are
I was looking at something else and missed that part. I maintain I run=20
"kent" because I have so many aliases and shell scripts that do most of=20
the repetitive things. I also try to keep things clean. I used to have=20
a script that did everything from cvsup to installworld and I only had=20
to run mergemaster when it finished. Now, I split them up into tasks =20
that have a single purpose. I got used to doing this during my=20
programming days. You didn't change or add many features before you=20
started debugging what you had done. If you stepped on something you=20
didn't know which change had done it. So, my update ports script only=20
cvsup updates the port structure and recreates my INDEX files. Running=20
pkgdb violates my single purpose rule. Since you really need to update=20
your INDEX files everytime you cvsup ports-all, rebuilding the INDEX=20
files is part of my port cvsup update script.
>
> As I understand "pkgdb -Fv" it is an interactive check/repair of
> your installed ports/packages as referenced by the /var/db/pkg
> entries (package registry database) and _Yes_ it has no bearing on
> generation of the INDEX/db files.
I have done this a couple of times in near past. I may get it right yet.=20
When I see the message, I cut and paste it. I don't think I have ever=20
typed "pkgdb -F" from scratch. When I am looking at something in the=20
vicinity of portsdb, I naturally type portsdb instead of pkgdb. I don't=20
even notice that I have done it and I proof read everything 2 or 3=20
times before I send it.
>
> Thanks again Kent for your willingness to share your expertise
> and all the great pointers and background information I pick up
> just reading yours and others contributions to the mailing lists.
Everyone zeroes in on different specific's. I think it depends on what=20
you have been bitten by. The buildworld, build[install]kernel,=20
installworld got me during the update from 4.0 to 4.1. I was used to=20
doing a make world and then do the kernel. I couldn't do a "make world"=20
now if I wanted to. In addition, if you have interpreted something=20
differently, you are sure to have some one point that out. The other=20
cool part of the lists is that you don't know what part of the world is=20
going to provide the person that answers your question.
Kent
>
> Regards,
>
> Stephen Hilton
> nospam@hiltonbsd.com
--=20
Kent Stewart
Richland, WA
http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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