Re: Hosed up ports systems

From: Lazlo Toth (krinklyfig_at_nospam.net)
Date: 10/03/04

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    on Saturday 02 October 2004 10:39 am, John Shafto<gro.otfahs@nhoj.rev>
    wrote:

    > I am running several version 4 and 5 systems,
    > and every one one I have tried to update with the
    > pkgtools lately now has a hosed up ports system.
    > The problems with portsdb building the INDEX.db
    > kicked it off a couple weeks ago, and now I am getting
    > new ruby errors with 'portupgrade -a' and weirdness
    > around the INDEX file.

    This is a known issue (search the lists
    http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists ). You can work
    around it by making hash your ports/pkgs database:
    http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=632292+0+/usr/local/www/db/text/2004/freebsd-ports/20040912.freebsd-ports

    - Lazlo

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