Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 00:27:15 +0800 (SGT) From: Chan Tur Wei <twchan@singnet.com.sg> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: <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: <20010722002551.R6967-100000@zaapth.twnet.org> In-Reply-To: <200107211611.f6LGBJe81799@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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Hi, Actually, I was referring to the problem of the bad INDEX files on the ftp sites, as it is causing those folks using sysinstall die with sig 11 when they try to install packages via ftp. Regards -T.W.Chan- On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote: > 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)] > > 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. line > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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