portsdb -U fails

[Kris Kennaway]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 08:51:43PM +0100, r t g tan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Have done at least the following:
>  1 -  fresh ports cvsup for all the ports
>  2 -  rm /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db
>  3 -  pkgdb -F
>  
> However portsdb -U fails and generates a lot of
> error messages like the following:
> 
>    *** Error code 2: malformed entry: *** Error code 2
>    *** Error code 2: malformed entry: *** Error code 2
>    *** Error code 2: malformed entry: *** Error code 2
>    cd: can't cd to wmthemeinstall: malformed entry: cd: can't cd to wmthemeinstall
>    cd: can't cd to wmx: malformed entry: cd: can't cd to wmx
>    cd: can't cd to xfce: malformed entry: cd: can't cd to xfce
> 
> What is corrupted, and how can I fix this?

portsdb -U is broken - I sent mail to the author the other day, but
didn't receive a reply yet.  In the meantime, you can edit
/usr/local/sbin/make_describe_pass1 and change the 'make -j3' to
'make'.

Kris
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 187 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/attachments/20040130/7ec24ef9/attachment-0001.bin