self-built packages don't always install all files

[Kris Kennaway]

On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 01:12:23PM -0500, George Donnelly wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I maintain my own package repository, served over ftp and I am finding 
> that often times a package will not fully get installed on a remote 
> host.
> 
> For example, if i run pkg_add -r python24 and i know i have just built 
> that port's package and it works, sometimes it will only install a few 
> of the packages files.
> 
> # pkg_info -L python24-2.4.3_3
> Information for python24-2.4.3_3:
> 
> Files:
> /usr/local/man/man1/python.1.gz
> /usr/local/man/man1/python2.4.1.gz
> 
> python24 has hundreds of files it installs, but only these 2 really got 
> installed.
> 
> this also happens with php5-session at times.
> 
> If i rebuild the package on the package repository host I can ensure 
> 1-3 good remote installs but after that the problem crops up again.
> 
> This gets problematic when you're updating hundreds of hosts.
> 
> Has anyone else experienced this? Found what is causing the problem?

How are you building the packages?  Do the packages actually contain
more than those two files?

Kris
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