HEADSUP: INDEX[-5] files were removed from CVS.

[Mark Russell]

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Michael Nottebrock wrote:

> Mark Russell wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
>> 
>>> Mark Russell wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I have seen no discussion on it can you point me to the thread in the 
>>>> lists please
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It has been discussed on a non-public list. In any case, there's no point 
>>> in rehashing the discussion now, you can solve your immediate problem by 
>>> overriding INDEXFILE yourself.
>> 
>> 
>> So major changes to 2 stable branches have been discussed in non public 
>> lists and non gives a hoot on the effects on how it effects the general 
>> userbase?
>
> Ports does not have branches, we do care about the effects on the userbase 
> and  the brokenness from not changing INDEXFILE to some new default value is 
> accidental (and can be easily worked around for the moment like I already 
> pointed out). Please, there's no need to make a big fuss over this, nor will 
> it make any difference if you vent your (probably justfified) frustration 
> here.

I realize ports doesn't have branches, I've also discovered the hours of 
work I have to do due to MAJOR changes in the system not being discussed 
with the userbase

eg

[Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 442 packages 
found (-0 +1) . done]
Updating the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait..
cannot create /usr/ports/INDEX.tmp.tmp: read-only file system
Warning: Duplicate INDEX entry: freeciv-gtk2-1.14.2
Warning: Duplicate INDEX entry: fvwm-imlib-2.4.19
*** Error code 2

Stop in /usr/ports.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports.
failed to generate INDEX!
index generation error
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:482:in `open_db': database 
file error (PortsDB::DBError)
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:634:in `port'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:822:in 
`all_depends_list'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:915:in 
`tsort_build'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:907:in `each'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:907:in 
`tsort_build'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:929:in 
`sort_build'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:933:in 
`sort_build!'
         from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:674:in `main'
         from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:207:in `initialize'
         from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:207:in `new'
         from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:207:in `main'
         from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:1845



I see nothing in UPDATING on how to fix this issue at my last sync

CVSup update begins at 2004-11-14 01:45:00
Updating from cvsup-master.freebsd.org
Connected to cvsup-master.freebsd.org
Updating collection cvs-all/cvs
  Append to CVSROOT-doc/commitlogs/www
  Append to CVSROOT-ports/commitlogs/ports
  Append to CVSROOT-src/commitlogs/lib
  Append to CVSROOT-src/commitlogs/libexec
  Append to CVSROOT-src/commitlogs/sys
  Edit ports/deskutils/kdepim3/Makefile,v
  Edit src/lib/libkvm/kvm_getprocs.3,v
  Edit src/lib/libkvm/kvm_proc.c,v
  Edit src/sys/arm/arm/pmap.c,v
  Edit www/en/projects/netperf/index.sgml,v
Updating collection gnats/current
Updating collection www/current
  Rsync data/de/relnotes/4-STABLE/errata/article.html
<snip resync bloat>

Rsync data/zh/FAQ/x.html
Updating collection mail-archive/current
  Append to archive/cvs-all
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  Append to archive/cvs-src
  Append to archive/freebsd-amd64
  Append to archive/freebsd-current
  Append to archive/freebsd-gnome
  Append to archive/freebsd-net
  Append to archive/freebsd-ports
  Append to archive/freebsd-questions
  Append to archive/freebsd-stable
  Append to archive/freebsd-vuxml
  Append to archive/p4-projects
Updating collection distrib/self
Finished successfully
CVSup update ends at 2004-11-14 01:50:36



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