portsnap belated complaint?

[Polytropon]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 11:42:23 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
> Can someone explain why the portsnap update below seems to have succeeded
> (patches applied), but then afterwards I get the message about needing to run
> portsnap extract?
> 
> 11.3-RELEASE-p6 (upgraded from 10.something some time ago)
> I believe the ports tree was generated when the OS was installed, but not sure.
> I'm also not sure how /usr/ports was upgraded after the OS upgrade.
> 
> # portsnap fetch
> ...
> Extracting snapshot... done.
> ...
> Ports tree hasn't changed since last snapshot.
> No updates needed.
> <long time interval>

You did not extract it.



> # portsnap fetch update   <mistakenly left fetch in the cmd>

No, that invocation is correct.



> ...
> Fetching 4 metadata patches... done.
> Applying metadata patches... done.
> Fetching 0 metadata files... done.
> Fetching 22 patches.
> (22/22) 100.00%  done.
> done.
> Applying patches...
> done.
> Fetching 2 new ports or files... done.
> /usr/ports was not created by portsnap.
> You must run 'portsnap extract' before running 'portsnap update'.

According to the manual "man 8 portsnap":


     fetch	  Fetch	a compressed snapshot of the ports tree, or update the
		  existing snapshot.  This command should only be used inter-
		  actively; for	non-interactive	use, you should	use the	cron
		  command.

     extract	  Extract a ports tree,	replacing existing files and directo-
		  ries.	 NOTE: This will remove	anything occupying the loca-
		  tion where files or directories are being extracted; in par-
		  ticular, any changes made locally to the ports tree (for ex-
		  ample, adding	new patches) will be silently obliterated.

		  Only run this	command	to initialize your portsnap-maintained
		  ports	tree for the first time, if you	wish to	start over
		  with a clean,	completely unmodified tree, or if you wish to
		  extract a specific part of the tree (using the path option).

     update	  Update a ports tree extracted	using the extract command.
		  You must run this command to apply changes to	your ports
		  tree after downloading updates via the fetch or cron com-
		  mands.  Again, note that in the parts	of the ports tree
		  which	are being updated, any local changes or	additions will
		  be removed.

Something went wrong in your case. You probably should remove
/usr/ports and obtain a fresh copy using the "fetch" and "extract"
operations to make sure the snapshot is okay. Further updates
to that snapshot can then be obtained using the "fetch" and
"update" operation.

You can find examples in the EXAMPLES section. :-)

Also see chapter 4.5 of The FreeBSD Handbook, procedure 4.1:

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ports-using.html

Everything you see matches the expected behaviour according to
your problem description:

> I believe the ports tree was generated when the OS was installed,
> [...]
> # portsnap fetch
> [...]
> # portsnap fetch update   <mistakenly left fetch in the cmd>
> [...]
> /usr/ports was not created by portsnap.

Whatever you have fetched, it was never extracted; what is still
present in /usr/ports is not "compatible" with portsnap, that's
why my suggestion to start with a fresh snapshot as explained
above.



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