From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 10 8:52:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from nebula.anchoragerescue.org (cable-115-7-237-24.anchorageak.net [24.237.7.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D29E37B405 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 08:52:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from akbeech@anchoragerescue.org) Received: from galaxy.anchoragerescue.org (galaxy.anchoragerescue.org [24.237.7.95]) by nebula.anchoragerescue.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 631FED3; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 07:52:16 -0800 (AKDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Beech Rintoul To: Steve Tremblett , Steve Tremblett Subject: Re: ports management & subtree deletion? Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 07:52:16 -0800 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20010709142547.B2752@sjt-u10.cisco.com> <20010710093549.F3087@sjt-u10.cisco.com> <20010710095549.I3087@sjt-u10.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <20010710095549.I3087@sjt-u10.cisco.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01071007521601.03545@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > | | > | > | | > | -- > | | > | Micro$oft: "Where can we make you go today?" > | | > | ------------------------------------------------------------------- > | | > | Beech Rintoul - IT Manager - Instructor - > | | > | akbeech@anchoragerescue.org /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | > | | > | Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission > | | > | \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | P.O. 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