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Date:      Thu, 15 Feb 2001 18:40:11 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: interesting errors building the ports INDEX
Message-ID:  <14988.30443.639412.308183@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010214.19322600@bartequi.ottodomain.org>
References:  <14985.32004.81491.830585@guru.mired.org> <20010214.19322600@bartequi.ottodomain.org>

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Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> types:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> 
> On 2/13/01, 7:29:24 PM, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> wrote regarding 
> interesting errors building the ports INDEX:
> 
> 
> > On a 4.2-RELEASE box with a recently supped ports collection, "make
> > index" produces the following interest messages:
> 
> > -----
> > Generating INDEX - please wait..Number found where operator expected 
> at -e line 1, near "" autoconf:/usr/ports/devel/autoconf 
> gmake:/usr/ports/devel/gmake tcl"83"
> >         (Missing operator before 83?)
> > syntax error at -e line 1, near "" autoconf:/usr/ports/devel/autoconf 
> gmake:/usr/ports/devel/gmake tcl"83"
> > String found where operator expected at -e line 1, near 
> "83".1:/usr/ports/lang/tcl""
> >         (Missing operator before ".1:/usr/ports/lang/tcl"?)
> > Number found where operator expected at -e line 1, near 
> "".1:/usr/ports/lang/tcl"83"
> >         (Missing operator before 83?)
> > String found where operator expected at -e line 1, near "83"""
> >         (Missing operator before ""?)
> > syntax error at -e line 1, near "s/\:.*//;"
> > syntax error at -e line 1, near "} else"
> > Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
> > /home/mwm/.bashrc: permission denied
> > "Makefile", line 34: warning: "/home/mwm/.bashrc TCL_VER=8.3 make -f 
> /usr/ports/graphics/gdtclft/files/Makefile.bsd env" returned non-zero status
> >  Done.
> I have just cvsup'ed my ports and made index on a 4.2-S system 
> (sources as of February 7, 2001) with no errors whatsoever.

For the record, upgrading my system to 4.2-S from 4.2-R made this go away.

> How do you manage to get the permission errors ? :-)

For some reason, "make index" was trying to execute my .cshrc. Getting
a root shell via "su -l" instead of "su -m" solved that one.

	<mike
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