Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 09:10:35 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Chan Tur Wei <twchan@singnet.com.sg> Cc: Scott Reese <sreese@codysbooks.com>, Sung Nae Cho <sucho2@quasar.phys.vt.edu>, Steve Bernard <sbernard@gmu.edu>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: packages/INDEX on ftp.freebsd.org corrupted [was: Re: Has anybody been having problem with latest Snapshot for 4.3? (Release 4.3-20010718-STABLE)] Message-ID: <200107211611.f6LGBJe81799@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 21 Jul 2001 14:36:42 %2B0800." <20010721142148.B5244-100000@zaapth.twnet.org>
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In message <20010721142148.B5244-100000@zaapth.twnet.org>, Chan Tur Wei = writes: > Hi, > = > I dug into this a little; the reason why sysinstall was dying was that = its > stack had been smashed by a really bad INDEX in the ftp sites. E.g. li= ne > 52 of INDEX, referring to the p5-Astro-MoonPhase port, has its fields > completely bonkers -- extra fields, wrong data in the fields, etc. The= > wrong data caused sysinstall to overwrite its stack and hence to die at= > weird places. > = > The INDEX that's in the CVS repository, however, is correct. > = > Who should be fixing this problem? You can fix this yourself: cd /usr/ports && make index Actually, in order to have the most recent INDEX, it's a good idea to = make index after CVSupping /usr/ports. This allows for a more accurate = comparison when using pkg_version. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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