Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 07:54:52 -0800 From: Richard Dawes <rdawes@epstais.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is 'make index' broken? Suggestions? Message-ID: <20040304155452.GA17995@epstais.com> In-Reply-To: <20040304063458.GA51215@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20040303221112.GA64321@epstais.com> <200403032038.36790.kstewart@owt.com> <20040304063458.GA51215@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 10:34:58PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 08:38:36PM -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: > > On Wednesday 03 March 2004 02:11 pm, Richard Dawes wrote: > > > Greetings! > > > > > > I'm not a ports developer or maintainer, but I'm curious... > > > > > > For a while now, it seems, I haven't been able to generate > > > a valid INDEX file, and the one I can cvsup is now a couple > > > weeks old... > > > > > > FTR, I am past all the portupgrade issues. I haven't seen > > > any postings about this specically, but I'm wondering if > > > this has anything to do with Kris's repeated "INDEX build > > > failed" postings - which appear to be some sort of automatic > > > output for ports developers. > > > > > > I have been getting similar "make_index: ... no entry..." > > > output, which for me keeps ending like so: > > > > > > > > > make_index: gauche-readline-0.1: no entry for /usr/ports/lang/gauche > > > make_index: gauche-readline-0.1: no entry for /usr/ports/lang/gauche > > > Warning: Duplicate INDEX entry: *** Error code 1 > > > Warning: Duplicate INDEX entry: > > > Done. > > > > > > > > > Then, for portupgrade to work much at all, I have to restore > > > a backup copy of INDEX... > > > > > > Any suggestions? If this is some known situation, would > > > someone kindly point me to an online discussion/explanation > > > available? Thanks!! > > > > Figure out what you have done wrong with your cvsup or refuse. You have > > something missing or too many refuses. Make index was having problems > > from 2 to 3 March but not that port. > > > > Kent > > > > > -Rich > > > > Actually the "Warning: Duplicate INDEX entry: *** Error code 1" means > that 'make describe' failed with an error. INDEX was broken last > night, but seems to be working today in the default case. If you're > still having problems after another cvsup, run 'make describe' by > itself and show us where it fails > > Kris Did an update of ports-all/cvs as of Thu Mar 4 00:12:01 PST 2004 ... Ran "make describe" under /usr/ports ... End of the output as follows: ===> editors/staroffice5 staroffice-5.1a|/usr/ports/editors/staroffice5|/usr/local|Integrated wordprocessor/dbase/spreadheet/drawing/chart/browser|/usr/ports/editors/staroffice5/pkg-descr|mb@imp.ch|editors linux|/usr/ports/archivers/unzip|/usr/ports/emulators/linux_base| ===> editors/staroffice52 *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/editors. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports. TIA for your help! Cheers, Rich -- Richard Dawes rdawes@epstais.com
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