Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 09:22:33 +1000 From: Rob B <rbyrnes@mailshack.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portsdb and ruby bug on 4-STABLE Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20040909092123.023f79f0@mail.nerdshack.com> In-Reply-To: <413E4849.7060200@kutulu.org> References: <20040906143153.N44103@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <20040906125305.7f577034@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> <413CA557.5090205@makeworld.com> <200409070649.11417.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <413E4849.7060200@kutulu.org>
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At 09:46 AM 8/09/2004, Mike Edenfield wrote: >Michael Nottebrock wrote: > >>A better workaround is this: >>1.) Install the databases/ruby-bdb port. >>2.) Set an environment variable PORTS_DBDRIVER to bdb-btree (or bdb_hash) >>This will change the portsdb's database backend from the libc-builtin >>bdb1 to a later berkeley db (you can set which one via the WITH_BDB_VER >>switch in the ruby-bdb port). >>You can also change the driver for pkgdb by setting PKG_DBDRIVER. > >IMO, this is the best solution so far. So I would like to mention that >the easiest way to do this would be to add the following lines to your >/usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf: > >ENV['PORTS_DBDRIVER'] = 'bdb_btree' >ENV['PKG_DBDRIVER'] = 'bdb_btree' > >This way, all of the package tools will always see the replacement driver, >regardless of the state of the environment when you run them :) For the record - Alpha arch does not exhibit this problem. This is on both 5.3-BETA and 4.10-STABLE Yay! Cheers, Rob -- You have been selected for a secret mission. This is random quote 1242 of 1265. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5
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