From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 13 13:44: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (fac13.ds.psu.edu [146.186.61.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20FF237B419 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:43:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (localhost.ds.psu.edu [127.0.0.1]) by fac13.ds.psu.edu (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fBDLhKO07928; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 16:43:20 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu) Message-Id: <200112132143.fBDLhKO07928@fac13.ds.psu.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: not a usa resident? In-Reply-To: Your message of "13 Dec 2001 13:27:44 PST." From: dochawk@psu.edu Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 16:43:20 -0500 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 > 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