Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 00:15:18 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@people.tecnik93.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: Jim Campbell <jim-c@charter.net> Subject: Re: Problem with portsdb Message-ID: <20050505001518.45cc1f4b@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <20050504150340.708ad300.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <4278F2E9.9010601@charter.net> <20050504150340.708ad300.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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On Wed, 4 May 2005 15:03:40 -0400 Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: > Jim Campbell <jim-c@charter.net> wrote: > > > 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. This has been explained before, see i.e kris@ posts on this subj. on this list. > Because the ports tree changes continuously, it's about a 50/50 shot > (in my opinion, actual numbers may differ) that you'll get a version > that can build a full index. Everything has to be 100% perfect for > an index to build, as far as I can tell. Yes, but the chances are actually more 99.9%. > You'd do much better to "cd /usr/port && make fetchindex" to download > the latest successful index build from the Internet. Not exactly: the index generated by the build cluster is for default ports options while your installed ports can have different dependencies; this affects portversion and friends. Take a look at sysutils/p5-FreeBSd-portindex. > > 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? No see kris@ explanations. > > Is this a serious problem that needs fixing? If so, how do I go about > > fixing it? In baby steps, please :=) > > Yes, it' needs fixing, but it's generally something the ports folks have > to take care of, and they have an automated system that warns them when > index isn't building, so they already know. But for him the index is building (as for anyone else right now); that's only a harmless warning. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"
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