Errors when updating the ports index

[John Webster]

Why can't the indexing process just ignore problem
entries? (Identify them and then ignore them.)


jw

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4.10-RELEASE-p3
Intel(R) XEON(TM) CPU 2.20GHz (2196.26-MHz 686-class CPU)

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin
MAIL=/var/mail/root
BLOCKSIZE=K
FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES
TERM=xterm
USER=root
HOME=/root
SHELL=/bin/csh
HOSTTYPE=FreeBSD
VENDOR=intel
OSTYPE=FreeBSD
MACHTYPE=i386
SHLVL=1
PWD=/root
LOGNAME=root
GROUP=wheel


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make index
Updating the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait..fr-mozilla-flp-1.7.2: "/usr/ports/www/mozilla-gtk2" non-existent -- dependency list incomplete
===> french/mozilla-flp failed
*** Error code 1
1 error
[...snip...]

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[Different system]
FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p16
Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family      1266MHz (1263.45-MHz 686-class CPU)

make index
Generating INDEX - please wait..test: <: unexpected operator
make: illegal option -- C
usage: make [-Beiknqrstv] [-D variable] [-d flags] [-E variable] [-f makefile]
            [-I directory] [-j max_jobs] [-m directory] [-V variable]
            [variable=value] [target ...]
"Makefile", line 16: warning: "make -C /usr/ports/net/tkabber/../../devel/tcllib -V PORTVERSION" returned non-zero status
"Makefile", line 44: warning: String comparison operator should be either == or !=
"Makefile", line 44: Malformed conditional (${OSVERSION} < 490000 || (${OSVERSION} >= 500000 && ${OSVERSION} < 502001))
"Makefile", line 44: Missing dependency operator
"Makefile", line 46: if-less endif
"Makefile", line 46: Need an operator
make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
===> x11/nvidia-driver failed
*** Error code 1
1 error
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