Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 07:52:16 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org> To: Steve Tremblett <sjt@cisco.com>, Steve Tremblett <sjt@cisco.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports management & subtree deletion? Message-ID: <01071007521601.03545@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org> In-Reply-To: <20010710095549.I3087@sjt-u10.cisco.com> References: <20010709142547.B2752@sjt-u10.cisco.com> <20010710093549.F3087@sjt-u10.cisco.com> <20010710095549.I3087@sjt-u10.cisco.com>
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The only problem I see with editing the makefile is you will probibly have to
do it each time you cvsup, same with INDEX.
Beech
On Tuesday 10 July 2001 05:55 am, Steve Tremblett wrote:
> The culprit is the main Makefile:
>
> ...
> SUBDIR += archivers
> SUBDIR += astro
> SUBDIR += audio
> SUBDIR += benchmarks
> ...
>
> editing it directly to remove the specific subdirs fixes the problem,
> but is that the "proper" way to do this?
>
> +---- Steve Tremblett wrote:
> | +---- Beech Rintoul wrote:
> | | You might also try deleting INDEX and do a make index from the top
> | | level of the ports.
> |
> | tried that - made no difference... :(
> |
> | | Beech
> | |
> | | On Monday 09 July 2001 11:56, Steve Tremblett wrote:
> | | > +---- Beech Rintoul wrote:
> | | > | You need to add a textfile named "refuse" to your sup directory.
> | | > | List one per line: ports/directory name
> | | > | Then delete the directories. If you have a stock file tree the sup
> | | > | directory is in /usr/sup.
> | | >
> | | > I already have that, and I've been using it for quite some time
> | | > without problems. My refuse file (if it matters):
> | | >
> | | > doc/de
> | | > doc/de_*
> | | > doc/es
> | | > doc/es_*
> | | > doc/fr
> | | > doc/fr_*
> | | > doc/ja
> | | > doc/ja_*
> | | > doc/nl
> | | > doc/nl_*
> | | > doc/ru
> | | > doc/ru_*
> | | > doc/zh
> | | > doc/zh_*
> | | > ports/astro*
> | | > ports/biology*
> | | > ports/cad*
> | | > ports/chinese*
> | | > ports/french*
> | | > ports/german*
> | | > ports/hebrew*
> | | > ports/japanese*
> | | > ports/korean*
> | | > ports/russian*
> | | > ports/vietnamese*
> | | >
> | | > After creating the refuse file some months ago, I deleted the
> | | > directories I wasn't interested in and then followed it with a
> | | > successful cvsup. cvsup updates and port builds work fine.
> | | >
> | | > | On Monday 09 July 2001 10:25, Steve Tremblett wrote:
> | | > | > 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
> | | > |
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