Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 16:06:01 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Joshua Lokken <joshua.lokken@gmail.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 Questions Message-ID: <20041204000601.GA23778@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <bc5b6385041203155415e6301@mail.gmail.com> References: <20041203001318.GB6015@gardnerclan.net> <20041202204948.28dc6530@localhost> <bc5b638504120312001b202eaa@mail.gmail.com> <20041203234659.GB18482@xor.obsecurity.org> <bc5b6385041203155415e6301@mail.gmail.com>
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--dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 05:54:17PM -0600, Joshua Lokken wrote: > On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 15:46:59 -0800, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wr= ote: > > On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 02:00:33PM -0600, Joshua Lokken wrote: > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > > > > 4) I installed portupgrade from the port, and built the database = using > > > > > > > > > > 'pkgdb -f', but whenever I run portupgrade or portversion, it > > > > > displays a message "Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait.." and = hangs > > > > > there forever. How do I fix this? > > > > > > > > it probably isn't hanging, but actually generating a new INDEX for = you. > > > > solutions to this have been discussed ad nauseum in several of mail= ing > > > > lists. > > > > > > It may not be hanging, but I've got the same behavior on a fresh 4.10 > > > box at home, it chugs away for awhile, then the 'make' process(es) > > > just sit there doing absolutely nothing forever. > >=20 > > Of course, it's neither doing "absolutely nothing" nor does it take > > "forever" >=20 > Indeed. I watched the make procs for awhile in top, and about > every 30 seconds or so, one make process would show 'SELECT' > momentarily, then go back to wait, using virtually no CPU, and I > observed that behavior for 30 minutes before I got tired of it... Yes, 'make index' is disk-bound since it needs to read through every makefile in the ports tree. On an average system it takes about an hour or so; on a system with good disks about 15 minutes. Kris --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBsP9pWry0BWjoQKURAimsAKC8UkKp9eYvAJbeelNLo3bmwKDVUACfZHSx 3n1vyp4fYhU317ikBvNWAyE= =JcX4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx--
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