portsdb -U fails

[Kris Kennaway]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 01:42:00PM -0800, Kent Stewart wrote:
> On Friday 30 January 2004 01:28 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > 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'.
> 
> Has your make index patch been added to the system? I didn't get 43% but 
> 1/3 faster was significant.

Not yet..it's in testing.

Kris
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