From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 10 14:22:22 2002 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 17C3D37B400 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 14:22:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vectors.cx (manifold.vectors.cx [64.163.147.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 938B543E7B for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 14:22:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: from vectors.cx (7f19f26070742b53412613aab02cd3b9@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vectors.cx (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g8ALOD2e076245; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 14:24:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: (from monkey@localhost) by vectors.cx (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g8ALOCOT076244; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 14:24:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 14:24:12 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: portsdb -Uu returns multiple "make: fatal errors encountered --cannot continue: malformed entry: make: fatal errors encountered -- cannotcontinue" statements Message-ID: <20020910212412.GF22427@vectors.cx> References: <20020910192823.133da9e5.freebsd@secspace.de> <1031603775.345.27.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> <20020910192823.133da9e5.freebsd@secspace.de> <3.0.5.32.20020910133217.00fbeac8@mail.sage-one.net> <1031682954.345.51.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> <20020910201633.GE22427@vectors.cx> <1031691003.345.64.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1031691003.345.64.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> X-Editor: Vim 6.1 http://www.vim.org X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5 http://www.mutt.org X-URL: http://www.vectors.cx http://www.crackula.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG nearly exactly. the one thing that must be changed is the line that says *default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org change it to: *default host=cvsup.FreeBSD.org but other than that, yes. you have the process down correct ::) however, for the record, i don't think this is where the problem lies. but it's worth a try. -Adam >> (09.10.2002 @ 1350 PST): Stacey Roberts said, in 3.5K: << > Hi Adam, > Thanks for the reply! > > For clarity's sake, and as I've not done this before, please let me know > if I'm understanding this correctly. Here's what I make of the > suggestions of how to proceed: > > # rm -R /usr/ports > # cd /usr/share/examples/cvsup; cvsup ports-supfile > # cd /usr/ports; portsdb -Uu > # pkgdb -F > > Please let me know if the above procedure is that which your > instructions say. > > Thanks again. > > Stacey > > > On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 21:16, Adam Weinberger wrote: > > do you use cvsup to update your ports? if so, just rm -R /usr/ports and > > then cvsup it again. if you're talking about rebuilding all the ports > > themselves, it's portupgrade -fa. > > > > however, if there are errors in your ports tree, a simple cvsup will > > take care of it. you really should cvsup the latest source tree and > > build and install that. > > > > -Adam > > > > > > >> (09.10.2002 @ 1135 PST): Stacey Roberts said, in 2.0K: << > > > Hello Jack, > > > Believe me, if I knew how to do this, I would - hence my second > > > post today.., So far,. no takers though :-( > > > > > > Stacey > > > > > > On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 19:32, Jack L. Stone wrote: > > > > At 07:12 PM 9.10.2002 +0100, Stacey Roberts wrote: > > > > >Hi Volker, > > > > > Thanks for the reply. > > > > > > > > > >On the surface, that link does sound plausible, but I don't use KDE > > > > >here, so I'm not sure that this is the reason for the breakage. > > > > > > > > > >For further reference, I cvsup'd from cvsup2.uk.FreeBSD.ORG yesterday. > > > > >After that, all this started happening.., > > > > > > > > > >I can't be the only person with this problem.., I wish someone in the > > > > >know would at least come back to me with a statement of some kind. > > > > > > > > > >The fact that I am now also unable to "make clean" the /usr/ports dir, > > > > >makes me even more concerned about this. > > > > > > > > > >Stacey > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why don't you just delete the ports entirely and reinstall them....?? > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Jack L. Stone, > > > > Administrator > > > > > > > > SageOne Net > > > > http://www.sage-one.net > > > > jackstone@sage-one.net > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > -- > > > Stacey Roberts > > > B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science > > > > > > Web: www.vickiandstacey.com > > > > > > >> end of "Re: portsdb -Uu returns multiple "make: fatal errors encountered --cannot continue: malformed entry: make: fatal errors encountered -- cannotcontinue" statements" from Stacey Roberts << > > > > > > -- > > "Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw." > > -Lilo, "Lilo & Stitch" > > Adam Weinberger > > adam@vectors.cx > > http://vectors.cx > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- > Stacey Roberts > B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science > > Web: www.vickiandstacey.com >> end of "Re: portsdb -Uu returns multiple "make: fatal errors encountered --cannot continue: malformed entry: make: fatal errors encountered -- cannotcontinue" statements" from Stacey Roberts << -- "Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw." -Lilo, "Lilo & Stitch" Adam Weinberger adam@vectors.cx http://vectors.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message