Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 12:03:12 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org> To: Steve Tremblett <sjt@cisco.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports management & subtree deletion? Message-ID: <01070912031204.38118@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org> In-Reply-To: <20010709155617.D2752@sjt-u10.cisco.com> References: <20010709142547.B2752@sjt-u10.cisco.com> <01070911423901.38118@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org> <20010709155617.D2752@sjt-u10.cisco.com>
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You might also try deleting INDEX and do a make index from the top level of
the ports.
Beech
On Monday 09 July 2001 11:56, Steve Tremblett wrote:
> +---- Beech Rintoul wrote:
> | You need to add a textfile named "refuse" to your sup directory.
> | List one per line: ports/directory name
> | Then delete the directories. If you have a stock file tree the sup
> | directory is in /usr/sup.
>
> I already have that, and I've been using it for quite some time without
> problems. My refuse file (if it matters):
>
> doc/de
> doc/de_*
> doc/es
> doc/es_*
> doc/fr
> doc/fr_*
> doc/ja
> doc/ja_*
> doc/nl
> doc/nl_*
> doc/ru
> doc/ru_*
> doc/zh
> doc/zh_*
> ports/astro*
> ports/biology*
> ports/cad*
> ports/chinese*
> ports/french*
> ports/german*
> ports/hebrew*
> ports/japanese*
> ports/korean*
> ports/russian*
> ports/vietnamese*
>
> After creating the refuse file some months ago, I deleted the
> directories I wasn't interested in and then followed it with a
> successful cvsup. cvsup updates and port builds work fine.
>
> | On Monday 09 July 2001 10:25, Steve Tremblett wrote:
> | > I have deleted directories from my ports tree because I'm not
> | > interested in them (ie. various foreign-language stuff, some of the
> | > scientific stuff etc.). I just tried to generate the README.html files
> | > with 'make readmes' from the /usr/ports directory, but it fails with
> | > the following error:
> | >
> | > sjt-bsd /usr/ports # make readmes ===> Creating README.html cd: can't
> | > cd to astro ^C sjt-bsd /usr/ports #
> | >
> | > At the point of the ^C, the make process is hung, but there is no CPU
> | > or IO activity. I don't know what broke this, since I have never run
> | > 'make readmes' before.
> | >
> | > My direct question is how to delete subtrees from /usr/ports while
> | > still allowing 'make readmes' to work? I have a feeling that it has
> | > something to do with /usr/ports/INDEX, but that is just a guess. I am
> | > also guessing that other ports facilities besides README.html
> | > generation won't work either. General build & installation works
> | > fine.
> | >
> | > As an aside for my own interest, how would I go about investigating
> | > this further? If a process is in a waiting state, how do I identify
> | > what it is waiting for and what other process is holding the resource?
> | >
> | > Thanks for any and all information you may share
> |
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