Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 19:05:43 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports_glob(1): Updating the portsdb - Updating EVERY time ! ... Why ? Message-ID: <4637F1F7.9010504@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070502015855.GF19868@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au> References: <20070429131345.GA19361@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au> <463785BA.1090808@FreeBSD.org> <4637EF68.6070000@u.washington.edu> <20070502015855.GF19868@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au>
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Wilkinson, Alex wrote: > 0n Tue, May 01, 2007 at 06:54:48PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: > > >INDEX-7.db isn't located in /var/tmp though by default >_>.. > > Ok, thats what it is then. Simple question: > > How would it have ended up in there ? > If I remove it and do a pkgdb -u It puts it back there. > > -aW Well, you might have found a bug in the script, but then again it could be user error. Corollary to the above statement: IIRC the .db file(s) automatically gets put in /var/tmp if you _don't_ have write access to the file(s). Make sure you're running pkgdb as root. Did you set any variables set in your system wide profile that start with PKG*?
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