On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 09:42:14AM -0700, Joshua Lokken wrote: > * Bob Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-05-04 22:04]: > > Was unsucessful at upgrading my ports system Saturday due to a > > failure during the port index update. More specifically, I > > received an error message stating that mail/lmtpd file failed. > > > > The upgrade process is fairly basic beginning with a backup of > > /var/db/pkg, followed with pkgdb -Fv, cvsup -g -L 2 -z cvsupfile, > > and then portsdb -uU. The error ocurred during the index update > > and a message followed describing the error stating "Makefile", > > line 47: You cannot use DB3 and DB4 in the same time. > > I've been using the ports collection happily for a couple of years now, > and portsdb -Uu has correctly made me an index once. I believe it's > redundant, though, to immediately follow a cvsup with a portsdb -Uu, as > the cvsup takes care of the index for you. I wouldn't worry too much; > I've seen other folks recommend recvsupping and trying again; It should > be ok to ignore it; at least I always have.
No, you have to build index yourself if you want it to be up-to-date. Kris
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