Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 11:42:39 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org> To: Steve Tremblett <sjt@cisco.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports management & subtree deletion? Message-ID: <01070911423901.38118@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org> In-Reply-To: <20010709142547.B2752@sjt-u10.cisco.com> References: <20010709142547.B2752@sjt-u10.cisco.com>
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You need to add a textfile named "refuse" to your sup directory.
List one per line: ports/directory name
Then delete the directories. If you have a stock file tree the sup directory
is in /usr/sup.
Beech
On Monday 09 July 2001 10:25, Steve Tremblett wrote:
> I have deleted directories from my ports tree because I'm not
> interested in them (ie. various foreign-language stuff, some of the
> scientific stuff etc.). I just tried to generate the README.html files
> with 'make readmes' from the /usr/ports directory, but it fails with
> the following error:
>
> sjt-bsd /usr/ports # make readmes ===> Creating README.html cd: can't
> cd to astro ^C sjt-bsd /usr/ports #
>
> At the point of the ^C, the make process is hung, but there is no CPU
> or IO activity. I don't know what broke this, since I have never run
> 'make readmes' before.
>
> My direct question is how to delete subtrees from /usr/ports while
> still allowing 'make readmes' to work? I have a feeling that it has
> something to do with /usr/ports/INDEX, but that is just a guess. I am
> also guessing that other ports facilities besides README.html
> generation won't work either. General build & installation works
> fine.
>
> As an aside for my own interest, how would I go about investigating
> this further? If a process is in a waiting state, how do I identify
> what it is waiting for and what other process is holding the resource?
>
> Thanks for any and all information you may share
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