Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:36:55 +0100 From: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org> To: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INDEX files on servers outdated Message-ID: <20121128073655.GL4474@droso.net> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1ufY_myXWQp6_8N9Gr5V8AOKEhYTimS4NsSvwbrciMj6Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211271315250.58564@wonkity.com> <CAN6yY1ufY_myXWQp6_8N9Gr5V8AOKEhYTimS4NsSvwbrciMj6Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 03:13:40PM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > > The INDEX files on the FreeBSD servers are outdated. > > > > (on 9-stable, amd64) > > > > # svn up /usr/ports > > # cd /usr/ports > > # make fetchindex > > # grep ^firefox-1 INDEX-9 > > firefox-16.0.2,1|/usr/ports/www/firefox|/usr/local|Web browser based > > firefox-10.0.10,1|/usr/ports/www/firefox-esr|/usr/local|Web browser > > > > firefox was updated to 17.0 on November 20, almost a week ago. > > > > The old INDEX file can cause portupgrade and portmaster to not show > > available updates. > > > > Portmaster: > > > > # svn up /usr/ports > > # portmaster -L --index-only | egrep '(ew|ort) version|total install' > > ===>>> 791 total installed ports > > ===>>> There are no new versions available > > > > Portmaster does detect changes if --index-only is left out, but it takes > > much longer and so is not used by some users. > > > > Portupgrade: > > > > # portsdb -Fu && portversion -vl'<' > > # > > > > There is no indication to the user that the index file is outdated and > > should be rebuilt locally. (I think but have not verified that the index > > file retrieved by portsnap is correct.) > > > > I started to enter a PR for this, but realized it may be a known problem. > > If so, can we just delete the index files so fetchindex errors out instead > > of delivering an outdated file? > > Looks like fall-out from the security incident. I hope they start > being updated, but I am falling back to "portsdb -Uu" or "make -C > /usr/ports index" to generate the index file. Not ideal and rather > slow, but it works. > It is. Unfortunatly, the servers used for all ports related things, including package building, but also INDEX updating, are still down. Erwin -- Erwin Lansing http://droso.dk erwin@FreeBSD.org http:// www.FreeBSD.org
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