portsdb -U fails

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Fri Jan 30 16:10:19 PST 2004


On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 05:57:52PM -0500, parv wrote:
> in message <20040130212826.GA86385 at xor.obsecurity.org>,
> wrote Kris Kennaway thusly...
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 08:51:43PM +0100, r t g tan wrote:
> > > 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
> > 
> > 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'.
> 
> I remember you mail about that.  After modifying
> make_describe_pass*, i still got error messages like above.  Mind
> that i do not have the complete tree.

All bets are off then.

Kris
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