Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 02:57:02 -0400 From: Andrew J Caines <A.J.Caines@halplant.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: issue with ports Message-ID: <20030523065702.GD383@hal9000.halplant.com> In-Reply-To: <00af01c320e0$271fe270$426f2a40@boondocks> References: <00af01c320e0$271fe270$426f2a40@boondocks>
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Jason, > my ports database seems to have become broken. You can always rebuild the ports and package databases if the need arises, though I doubt this is your problem, eg. # cd /usr/ports/ ; > INDEX ; > INDEX.db ; make index ; portsdb -Uu # > /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db ; pkgdb -u > I can't do even a make clean in ports Don't bother. Start with a freshly cvsup'ed ports tree. After you next update and install new versions, run "portsclean" (with -CD or whatever suits you) and leave the rest to portupgrade. > ** Error occured reading /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf: > undefined method `+' for nil Did you copy pkgtools.conf.sample to pkgtools.conf? If so, what changes did you make to pkgtools.conf [diff them]? I use a script, update_stable[1], to update my sources and ports. It can be invoked with an argument just to update the ports (update_stable ports) and which takes care of all the databases and other stuff. This may be a useful reference even if you don't run it. I have another, for installing a newly built world and kernel. You can see my sup and config files for reference[3]. [1] http://halplant.com:88/software/FreeBSD/scripts/update_stable [2] http://halplant.com:88/software/FreeBSD/scripts/install_stable [3] http://halplant.com:88/server/config/ -Andrew- -- _______________________________________________________________________ | -Andrew J. Caines- Unix Systems Engineer A.J.Caines@halplant.com | | "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary | | safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 |
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