From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 5 15:26:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 855EB16A4CE for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 15:26:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-01-lbl.southeast.rr.com [24.25.9.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73FAE43D66 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 15:25:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu74-159-108.nc.rr.com [24.74.159.108])i05NPaHG014946; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 18:25:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from [10.2.1.4] (vpn-client-4.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.4]) i05NNYL4058189; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 18:23:34 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Rishi Chopra In-Reply-To: <3FF9F1D0.1050200@cal.berkeley.edu> References: <3FF9F1D0.1050200@cal.berkeley.edu> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-SN35aySye9K36oak1bKF" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1073345147.765.196.camel@gyros> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 18:25:47 -0500 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating Ports Index X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 23:26:04 -0000 --=-SN35aySye9K36oak1bKF Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 18:22, Rishi Chopra wrote: > For some reason, I can't seem to update the index for the ports database: >=20 > idfubar# cd /usr/ports > idfubar# make index > Generating INDEX-5 - please wait..perl: not found > perl: not found > Done. >=20 > I also tried attempting my first 'portsdb -Uu' after a successful CVSUp,=20 > but am running into some problems: >=20 > idfubar# portsdb -Uu > Updating the ports index ... perl: not found > /usr/local/sbin/make_describe_pass2:70:in `write': Broken pipe=20 > (Errno::EPIPE) > from /usr/local/sbin/make_describe_pass2:70:in `puts' > from /usr/local/sbin/make_describe_pass2:70 > failed to generate INDEX! > portsdb: index generation error >=20 >=20 > Can anyone explain why I might be getting these errors? My installation=20 > was a minimal install, do I need to install something else for the 'make=20 > index' command to work properly? Yes, you need Perl. You can install it from /usr/ports/lang/perl5. Joe >=20 > -R > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-SN35aySye9K36oak1bKF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/+fJ7b2iPiv4Uz4cRAgEvAKCv/nP1MuvngM7VcKyRafs2Z0gPKACfXE6S NXyXCStSEdP1IuoPO7LL2sU= =ddmY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-SN35aySye9K36oak1bKF--