Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 16:43:20 -0500 From: dochawk@psu.edu To: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: not a usa resident? Message-ID: <200112132143.fBDLhKO07928@fac13.ds.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "13 Dec 2001 13:27:44 PST." <c68zc6dd4f.zc6@localhost.localdomain>
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> dochawk@psu.edu writes: > > > > > checkout. I then built wget. I still don't have INDEX.db or > > > > INDEX.rbo. > > That's the source of this problem. portupgraee is not generating them, > > and is not doing *anything* in their absence. It returns after a small > > fraction of a second. > I'm not sure if (your version of) portsupgrade is supposed to generate > them. > Read your man page for "portsdb" and maybe try running "portsdb -Uu" > which I understand generates those files (well, the -u part; -U > generates INDEX). that's what I'd been using, and was failing. Then it suddenly started working. portsdb is part of the portupgrade port. I'm wondering if the deinstall/install cycle on that package is what let it start working (which still leaves the question of how it fubarred in the first place, but I"ll take it :) > The set of tools is rapidly changing. Be wary of believing what you > read here regarding it because it might not apply to your version. > Check the man pages. hmm. I've seen a couple of out-of-sync packes in the last couple of days, where cvs left me with no longer needed packages. Maybe that happened here . . . thanks hawk -- What part of "non-negotiable" didn't you understand? /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings. Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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