Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 10:46:39 +0100 From: Bob Tito <lists@magicfingers.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INDEX failed for sparc64 Message-ID: <41D27CFF.4030600@magicfingers.org> In-Reply-To: <41D27AD0.5090005@FreeBSD.org> References: <41D16E29.6020300@magicfingers.org> <41D267D0.6030006@magicfingers.org> <41D27AD0.5090005@FreeBSD.org>
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Ade Lovett wrote: > Bob Tito wrote: > > [the problem] > >>> lists# /usr/local/sbin/portsdb -Uu >>> Updating the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp - please >>> wait.."Makefile", line 110: Unsupported architecture sparc64. >> > > [the smoking gun] > >> The problem occurs on 8 sparc machines.., not the intel boxes > > > Since there's pending work going on surrounding the whole linux_base > thing right now, I'm kinda loathed to touch the port itself for fear > of toe-stepping, but > > ports/emulators/linux_base/Makefile > > is broken on !i386 as it stands. A quick local fix would be to > replace the two instances of .error with IGNORE= <whatever text it was> Ok, that confirms it, thanks! > > That will at least allow the index to build. > > Hrm. Perhaps the index generation needs to be expanded a bit more now > in the days of 'make fetchindex', and have it pull a file based not > only on OS revision, but also machine architecture, along with the > relevant building of such indexes which would catch these !i386 errors > considerably quicker. Just to be sure, not using fetchindex here, but a local cvsup mirror to minimize the traffic of the rapidly expanding FreeBSD base.. I'll check for updates on a intel box for now and i am sure a solution will be found/made when possible. Thanks, Bob > > -aDe
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