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Date:      Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:17:42 +0100
From:      Benjamin Thelen <bt@ccgis.de>
To:        James Hong <freebsd-ml@nightmaestro.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: portdb corrupt?
Message-ID:  <418B7D76.7000708@ccgis.de>
In-Reply-To: <200411051240.iA5CeJ0d009575@trumpet.nightmaestro.com>
References:  <200411051240.iA5CeJ0d009575@trumpet.nightmaestro.com>

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James Hong wrote:
> Hi i have problem updating the portdb since i cvsup 
> portversion/portupgrade or anything will fail with same or similar msgs.
> Im not certain how I can start
> 
> already tried portsdb -F but didnt make difference....
> 
> any help or comment is welcome
> 
> 
> flute# portsdb -uU
> Updating the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait..Warning:
> Duplicate INDEX entry: freeciv-gtk2-1.14.2
> Warning: Duplicate INDEX entry: fvwm-imlib-2.4.19
>  Done.
> done
> [Updating the portsdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /usr/ports ... - 11889 port
> entries found
> .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000.........60
> 00.........7000.........8000...../usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.r
> b:587: [BUG] Segmentation fault
> ruby 1.8.2 (2004-07-29) [i386-freebsd4]
> 
> Abort (core dumped)
> 
> 
> 
> James H
> 
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James,


Kent Stewart explained what to do and how that came on 11/2/04 subject 
  "portupgrade core dump fix".



Maybe it should have considered a security problem, as it is such a 
basic and widely used procedure and thus somehow security relevant?

When will 4.11 released? :-) I suppose this bug is fixed in 4.11.


Kind Regards,
Benjamin





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