Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 07:24:49 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Nico Meijer <nico.meijer@zonnet.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [another "me too"] Re: portindex/portindexdb Message-ID: <20040907062449.GA41144@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <413D39D7.6050009@zonnet.nl> References: <7A727F81-FCE2-11D8-8BE7-000A95EFF4CA@foolishgames.com> <008901c4934e$a7c5b260$0200000a@SAGEAME> <413B5F14.6090405@zonnet.nl> <200409051452.06236.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> <413C0FAE.1000502@zonnet.nl> <20040907003500.GA11100@panix.com> <413D39D7.6050009@zonnet.nl>
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On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 06:32:23AM +0200, Nico Meijer wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> >Sigh:
>
> Lighten up! ;-)
>
> >/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:587:
> >[BUG] Bus Error
> >ruby 1.8.2 (2004-07-29) [i386-freebsd4]
>
> Have you tried replacing the portsdb-sequence with `portindex &&
> portindexdb`?
>
> So:
>
> - cvsup (or whatever tool you use)
> - portindex
> - portindexdb
> - portversion -vL = (or whatever switches you use)
>
> The upside to using portindex is that it merges changes instead of
> building the entire index every time. So your first run will take quite
> some time, but your following runs will run quite a bit faster.
Another workaround is simply to set:
PORTS_DBDRIVER=bdb1_hash
in your environment, and then use portsdb and portupgrade as usual.
There are a number of variations on this workaround, but the other
ways of doing that involve installing some extra software.
See:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2004-September/015902.html
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2004-September/015922.html
Cheers,
Matthew
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