Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 22:01:55 +1000 From: Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au> To: <matt@genesi-usa.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Screwed ports tree/package database on my server Message-ID: <8DF9EE8D-810D-44BD-9EE2-6D049A4ECC96@brooknet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <016901c684a9$3d167820$99dfdfdf@bakuhatsu.net> References: <016901c684a9$3d167820$99dfdfdf@bakuhatsu.net>
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On 31/05/2006, at 9:56 PM, Matt Sealey wrote: > >> Do you have any thing set in /etc/make.conf? Sometimes this >> kind of problem can be caused by misusing some internal ports >> variables. > > > USE_APACHE=2.2 > This is probably where all your damage is coming from. USE_APACHE is an internal variable, to be set by ports only. By setting it in make.conf, every port you install gets a dependency on Apache 2.2. Another side effect is that apache 2.2 then depends on itself (a circular dependency), which is why you end up with thousands of make processes .
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