Problem with INDEX

[Kris Kennaway]

On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 09:45:31AM +0100, Axel S. Gruner wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I ran into some problems with "portsdb -uU" since the INDEX file has
> been removed from the CVS.
> Sometimes it works, sometimes not. 
> In my understanding, after a cvsup of the ports tree, i have to do a
> "make fetchindex". Works fine. But what about a "portsd -uU"? Is this
> one obsolet (but portupgrade needs the INDEX.db?)?
> 
> So the only INDEX file i have is "INDEX" if i run "portsdb -uU" i get en
> Error 1. If i run just "portversion -v" after a cvsup, i get a "Updating
> the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait.." after a while
> also an error 1. 
> 
> So, is this just a problem "at the moment", or does it depends on the
> removal of "INDEX" from the CVS tree? 

/usr/ports/UPDATING

Kris
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