[FAQ]Re: Problem building index:

[Glenn Sieb]

Ion-Mihai Tetcu said the following on 12/29/04 17:18:

>On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:09:16 -0500
>Glenn Sieb <ges+lists at wingfoot.org> wrote:
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>>/usr/ports 515 $ make index
>>\Generating INDEX - please wait..make: don't know how to make describe. Stop
>>===> games/xblast-beta failed
>>*** Error code 1
>>1 error
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>a `ls /usr/ports/games/xblast-beta` will show why.
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>The port got removed, but you most certainly have a README.html in it,
>who deasn't exist in cvs, so is wasn't deleted by cvsup, so the dir
>exists but with no Makefile in it `make describe` fails.
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Thanks much.. I checked & removed the port directory and now it seems to 
be going...

Best,
--G.