error after cvsup

[Petre Bandac]

THANK YOU, it works

petre 

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:04:30 +0100 Anno Domini, the honourable Matthew
Seaman wrote using one of his keyboards:


> On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 03:56:54PM +0300, Petre Bandac wrote:
> 
> > conclusion: 
> > 
> > rm -rf /usr/ports
> > mkdir /usr/ports && cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile
> > make index
> > portsdb -Uu
> > pkgdb -Fvu
> > 
> > is it the right method ?
>  
> No.
> 
> You don't need to completely delete and redownload the whole ports
> tree.  And running 'portsdb -U' does exactly the same thing as running
> 'make index' -- no need to do it twice.  And 'portsdb -u' will crash
> in exactly the same way as you've seen before.
> 
> Just do this:
> 
>     # cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile
>     # make index
>     # setenv PORTS_DBDRIVER bdb1_hash
>     # portsdb -u
> 
> The 'portsdb -u' command is where the crash usually occurs.  Once
> you've got past that stage, you're home and dry.  Run
> portupgrade/portversion/pkgdb as usual.
> 
> The bug is in the base system.  A fix has been committed to 6-CURRENT:
> it should percolate down to 4-STABLE and 5-STABLE in the next few
> days.
> 
> 	Cheers,
> 
> 	Matthew
> 
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