Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 23:22:46 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Supote Lee <kingtutankhamen@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kris@obsecurity.org Subject: Re: How to update port collection properly ? Message-ID: <20060310042246.GA3003@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY108-F10D8A2076359816980BF9DBAED0@phx.gbl> References: <20060310031649.GA2172@xor.obsecurity.org> <BAY108-F10D8A2076359816980BF9DBAED0@phx.gbl>
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--zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 04:03:30AM +0000, Supote Lee wrote: >=20 >=20 > >From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> > >To: Supote Lee <kingtutankhamen@hotmail.com> > >CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: Re: How to update port collection properly ? > >Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 22:16:49 -0500 > > > >On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 03:13:56AM +0000, Supote Lee wrote: > >> Hi all > >> > >> I'm currently running FreeBSD.4.11-p14 on by box at home. > >> Yesterday, I tried to update its ports collection (I mean /usr/port) > >> with cvsup, then installed Firefox but I can't. "make install clean" > >> returned me with error. > > > >Show us the error. > > > >> --- snipped of my supfile --- > >> *default host=3Dcvsup2.jp.freebsd.org > >> *default base=3D/usr/local/etc > >> *default prefix=3D/usr > >> *default release=3Dcvs tag=3D. > >> *default delete use-rel-suffix > >> > >> # If your network link is a T1 or faster, comment out the following=20 > >line. > >> *default compress > >> > >> ports-all > >> --- snipped of my supfile --- > >> > >> Is my port updating process correct or I miss something ? > > > >Looks OK. > > > >> Is it necessary for me to run "make index" in /usr/ports ? > > > >No, 'make fetchindex' will usually suffice. > > > >Kris >=20 >=20 > Thanks Kris >=20 > But I wonder why this isn't in the "Handbook" and what is such command > used for ? It's in the ports manpage, and I thought it was in the handbook too. Kris --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEEP8WWry0BWjoQKURAsy1AKCa/Ykp8JRwY2pOB2X2oROhRQCOUACcDrDy 65OuZkL0U+yL5iWWWF63vWc= =KG9o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx--
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