Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 17:36:58 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com Cc: Adam Weinberger <adam@vectors.cx>, sroberts@dsl.pipex.com, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: portsdb -Uu returns multiple "make: fatal errors encountered--cannot continue: malformed entry: make: fatal errors encountered --cannotcontinue" statements Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020910173658.00fbeac8@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <1031696499.345.86.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> References: <3.0.5.32.20020910170847.00fbeac8@mail.sage-one.net> <1031693394.345.71.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> <20020910192823.133da9e5.freebsd@secspace.de> <1031603775.345.27.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> <20020910192823.133da9e5.freebsd@secspace.de> <3.0.5.32.20020910133217.00fbeac8@mail.sage-one.net> <1031682954.345.51.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> <20020910201633.GE22427@vectors.cx> <1031691003.345.64.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> <20020910212412.GF22427@vectors.cx> <1031693394.345.71.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> <3.0.5.32.20020910170847.00fbeac8@mail.sage-one.net>
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At 11:21 PM 9.10.2002 +0100, Stacey Roberts wrote: >Hi Jack, > Thanks for the comments. > >I should be sure to make you aware that the problems I am having center >around what I believe to be a problem with my ports tree (/usr/ports) >after running cvsup supfile (from cvsup2.uk.FreeBSD.org) last night. > >Following as I do the advice issued from this list time and time again, >after doing my customary portsdb -Uu after cvsup, the output was almost >all (as in the subject line) errors of a nature I'd never seen before >(hence my post). > >Running pkgdb -F did not returned any inconsistencies, but running "make >clean" in /usr/ports overnight crashed with the same errors as early as >/usr/ports/chinese dir. Thinking (hoping) that it might be a one off, I >restarted make clean, but it crashed again at the same point, and a >third time (after another cvsup ports-supfile). Usually, I wouldn't be >too concerned about portsdb -Uu returning errors, but its the fact that >I now cannot run "make clean" that worries me. > >This is the situation I have, which (I believe) really related to a >problem with the state of my "world" environment. > >I'd appreciate your thoughts though, on what I've described here., > >For Adam's information, portsdb -fUu returned the same errors as >observed with portsdb -Uu, so I might as well attempt to rebuild the >ports tree his way. > >Stacey > <a lot chopped off> Stacey: It sounds like something is just out of sync. This is why I suggested sticking to the cvsup approach after "gutting" the /usr/src & /usr/obj to start clean. I don't use the portupgrade utilities and stick to cvsupping which has always been good for me. I'd be glad to show you my cvsup script which runs everything through "make index" after cvsup. Also, do you have a "refuse" file so you don't cvsup the unneeded foreign language stuff..??? Might not hurt to switch to another mirror for a fresh cvsup too. Can always switch back. Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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