On Tuesday 23 November 2004 12:45 am, Axel S. Gruner wrote: > Hi. > > I ran into some problems with "portsdb -uU" since the INDEX file has > been removed from the CVS. > Sometimes it works, sometimes not. > In my understanding, after a cvsup of the ports tree, i have to do a > "make fetchindex". Works fine. But what about a "portsd -uU"? Is this > one obsolet (but portupgrade needs the INDEX.db?)? > > So the only INDEX file i have is "INDEX" if i run "portsdb -uU" i get > en Error 1. If i run just "portversion -v" after a cvsup, i get a > "Updating the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait.." > after a while also an error 1. > > So, is this just a problem "at the moment", or does it depends on the > removal of "INDEX" from the CVS tree?
After you do a fetchindex, you need to run portsdb -u to build a new INDEX.db. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
