Missing pkg-descr - Correction
Chuck Swiger
cswiger at mac.com
Wed Dec 13 10:36:56 PST 2006
On Dec 13, 2006, at 10:23 AM, Wayne M. Barnes wrote:
> The following "Missing pkg-descr" is happening to me a lot,
> with many
> packages. This time it was during "portinstall jdk15".
>
> ===> Installing for m4-1.4.8_1
> ===> Generating temporary packing list
> ** Missing pkg-descr for m4-1.4.8_1.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/devel/m4.
> *** Error code 1
>
> This time it is on a brand-new install of FreeBSD 6.2.
>
> How can I be responsible for the "pkg-descr".
>
> This is the second time I have asked this question. I got
> no help before. My email was down briefly. Did I miss the answer?
This suggests that your ports tree is incomplete for some reason; you
should review how you are updating the ports tree and see whether
there is some problem there-- or check the Handbook for other methods
of updating /usr/ports...
--
-Chuck
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