From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Jan 18 12:54:36 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 166EF37B401 for ; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 12:54:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from tomts17-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts17.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0215143F1E for ; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 12:54:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from t.vanderhoek@utoronto.ca) Received: from localhost.nowhere ([64.231.121.47]) by tomts17-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.19 201-253-122-122-119-20020516) with ESMTP id <20030118205433.ZCVU26205.tomts17-srv.bellnexxia.net@localhost.nowhere>; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 15:54:33 -0500 Received: from localhost.nowhere (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.nowhere (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h0IKsViS038798; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 15:54:31 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from tim@localhost.nowhere) Received: (from tim@localhost) by localhost.nowhere (8.12.6/8.12.5/Submit) id h0IKsT2n038339; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 15:54:29 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 15:54:28 -0500 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Richard Cc: Eugene , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: readmes Message-ID: <20030118205428.GA57840@turquoise> References: <20030116123702.GA98828@emetex.ru> <20030116164448.C28170@mail.unixguru.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030116164448.C28170@mail.unixguru.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 04:51:47PM +0100, Richard wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Eugene wrote: > > > ===> Creating README.html for cdk-4.9.10-20020809_1 > > /bin/sh:Argument list too long > > *** Error code 1 > > I think we have to much ports :-)) > > Because you are in /usr/ports, the target list become's very very long, > that why it's not working. Not a direct resolution, but a workaround is > making a little script: I believe that bsd.port.subdir.mk already cd's into each directory before it does the 'make readmes'. Have a look at the subdir.readmes target. -- If I could think of a two-line witty aphorism for you to remember me by, this would definitely be it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message