Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 14:25:47 -0400 From: Steve Tremblett <sjt@cisco.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: ports management & subtree deletion? Message-ID: <20010709142547.B2752@sjt-u10.cisco.com>
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I have deleted directories from my ports tree because I'm not interested in them (ie. various foreign-language stuff, some of the scientific stuff etc.). I just tried to generate the README.html files with 'make readmes' from the /usr/ports directory, but it fails with the following error: sjt-bsd /usr/ports # make readmes ===> Creating README.html cd: can't cd to astro ^C sjt-bsd /usr/ports # At the point of the ^C, the make process is hung, but there is no CPU or IO activity. I don't know what broke this, since I have never run 'make readmes' before. My direct question is how to delete subtrees from /usr/ports while still allowing 'make readmes' to work? I have a feeling that it has something to do with /usr/ports/INDEX, but that is just a guess. I am also guessing that other ports facilities besides README.html generation won't work either. General build & installation works fine. As an aside for my own interest, how would I go about investigating this further? If a process is in a waiting state, how do I identify what it is waiting for and what other process is holding the resource? Thanks for any and all information you may share -- Steve Tremblett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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