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On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:33:40 -0500, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrot=
e:

> 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'?

There are a few of reasons to build port index by yourself. The 'make  =

fetchindex' don't sync with ports tree by 100% at most if you are using =
 =

CVS/CVSup. If you modify any choice of dependency, it will changing the =
 =

INDEX. You will have to build index by yourself if you have different  =

branch of ports tree such as recently with xorg git, MC ports (GNOME  =

stuff) or personal branch.

As for in my system:

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
# ls -l /usr/ports | grep INDEX
-rw-r--r--     1 root  wheel       0 May 20  2006 INDEX.dummy
# make -V PORTS_INDEX
/usr/ports/INDEX.dummy
# portmaster rules
portmaster version 1.17

Usage:
[....] ;-)
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

Cheers,
Mezz

> 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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