Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 12:06:01 -0400 From: Jim Campbell <jim-c@charter.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Problem with portsdb Message-ID: <4278F2E9.9010601@charter.net>
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Let me preface this by saying that I am a newbie at FreeBSD specifically and the *NIX world in general. I have checked the archives and found problems similar to mine, but cannot find what to do to fix the problem. I have installed FreeBSD 4.11-Stable on my machine. I run "cvsup" to update my ports collection. I then run "portsdb -uU" to update the INDEX.db file. This gives me two warning messages about duplicate index entries for "freeciv-gtk-1.14.2" and "fvwm-imlib-2.4.19". I can run "make index" with the same results. However, I can run "make describe" with no error messages. If I run "whereis freeciv-gtk" it is found whereas "whereis fvwm-imlib" is not found. I believe that I read that the /usr/ports/INDEX file is downloaded with "cvsup" (?). If so and I run "portsdb -u" then the INDEX.db file is built from the INDEX file that was downloaded. If I do this, I get no warning message. I am guessing that "portsdb -uU" rebuilds the INDEX file from the contents of the port tree. If so, then something is amiss in my port tree. Is this correct? Is this a serious problem that needs fixing? If so, how do I go about fixing it? In baby steps, please :=) Thanks, Jim Campbell
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