Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:42:12 -0500 From: parv <parv_fm@emailgroups.net> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> Cc: f-ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: creating ports INDEX from actual installed ports Message-ID: <20021127234212.GA62251@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <3DE54ED2.2080401@owt.com> References: <20021127045833.GA17350@moo.holy.cow> <5.2.0.9.2.20021126205857.00a7da30@pozo.com> <20021127200435.GB21971@moo.holy.cow> <3DE54ED2.2080401@owt.com>
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in message <3DE54ED2.2080401@owt.com>, wrote Kent Stewart thusly... > > parv wrote: ... > >...despite the errors, both indexes were made correctly. that's > >much more than that can be said about ports own index making. > > I don't believe this statement. The INDEX created by "make index" is > ~30KB larger than the one created by portsdb -U. For example, > > ruby# ll bak-make > total 9568 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3053030 Nov 27 14:56 INDEX > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 6723584 Nov 27 14:56 INDEX.db > ruby# ll bak-portsdb > total 9464 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3023522 Nov 27 13:55 INDEX > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 6642688 Nov 27 13:55 INDEX.db kent, in my situation where several of the ports/directories are missing, "make index" is failing w/ "no entry" messages which results in INDEX built only up to the last port which didn't cause the "no entry" error messages. in this situation, "make index" creates INDEX much smaller than "portsdb -U". until "make index" works for me, i can only take your word that "portsdb -U" may not be producing the right INDEX. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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