Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 20:43:39 -0700 From: kstewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Sahil Tandon <sahil@hamla.org> Subject: Re: portsdb -Uu results in coredump Message-ID: <200409062043.39277.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <413D21D4.9070109@hamla.org> References: <413BC4CD.5090201@hamla.org> <200409052337.01634.kstewart@owt.com> <413D21D4.9070109@hamla.org>
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On Monday 06 September 2004 07:49 pm, Sahil Tandon wrote: > kstewart wrote: > > There is a bug in ruby that shows up as a bus error. Follow the topic on > > -ports@. There are several ways to alter the INDEX[-5] so that it occurs > > less frequently. > > Occurs less frequently? That's not what I'm looking for. Is there a > *fix* for the root cause? I haven't seen one. I have seen comments but when ruby is updated, you will probably be seeing a fix. > > > I started using portindexdb because it doesn't error off. I also don't > > use categories, which it doesn't produce. > > I'm using portsindexsb as a work around, but it still doesn't address or > solve the problem which makes portsdb -Uu fail. I've tried removing and > re-extracting the ports tree and doing whatever else was suggested in > the -ports@ mailing list(s) - to no avail. > I am also running portindexdb for that reason. For what I use INDEX-5.db for, portindexdb works just fine. We may have to wait until the port freeze is over. So far, I am only having to use in on my RELENG_5 machine. It cvsups port-all 2x a day as a cronjob and moving a "#" from one command ot another in the script isn't much work :). Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html Support the Bison at http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/
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