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David wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have this error when building a port index.

Out of curiosity, why are you building the index yourself instead of
using 'make fetchindex'?

It's also worth noting that the other response you got was right. The
first thing you should always do if you encounter an error is update
your sources to see if it's been fixed already. :)


hth,

Doug

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