"make index" shows missing port directory

[Chris Rees]

On 8 June 2012 08:15, Alfred Bartsch <bartsch at dssgmbh.de> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> in our environment we are using mariadb instead of mysql.
> This should be achieved  by setting "DEFAULT_MYSQL_VER=53"
> in /etc/make.conf.
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> A subsequent "make index" produces following messages:
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> Generating INDEX-8 - please wait..make_index: innotop-1.8.1_2: no
> entry for /usr/ports/databases/p5-DBD-mysql53
> make_index: innotop-1.8.1_2: no entry for
> /usr/ports/databases/p5-DBD-mysql53
> make_index: tinderbox-3.4.1: no entry for
> /usr/ports/databases/p5-DBD-mysql53
> make_index: tinderbox-devel-3.4.r3.20120404,1: no entry for
> /usr/ports/databases/p5-DBD-mysql53
> make_index: netdot-0.9.10_1: no entry for
> /usr/ports/databases/p5-DBD-mysql53
> make_index: zoneminder-1.25.0: no entry for
> /usr/ports/databases/p5-DBD-mysql53
> ...
>
> Adding this missing entry to the portstree should solve this issue.
> To avoid such problems in the future, it would IMHO be preferable to
> have only one port (/usr/ports/databases/p5-DBD-mysql), which is able
> to handle all mysql versions, similar to p5-DBD-Pg.

Actually, I'm looking at moving p5-DBD-Pg to versioned ports, since it
is less unpredictable to install a versioned port, the autodetection
logic is messy and packages are not built for any but the default
version.

Chris