pkg/34207: /usr/pkgsrc/Makefile -- "make index" deletes INDEX's dependency PKGDB

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>Number:         34207
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       /usr/pkgsrc/Makefile  -- "make index" deletes INDEX's 
>dependency PKGDB
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 15 22:35:00 +0000 2006
>Originator:     David Vanecek
>Release:        3.0.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD jezebel.chuck 3.0.1 NetBSD 3.0.1 (GENERIC) #0: Thu Jul 13 23:43:47 UTC 
2006  
builds%b3.netbsd.org@localhost:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-3-0-1-RELEASE/i386/200607131826Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-3-0-1-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
 i386
>Description:
The subject Makefile contains a line causing the removal of PKGDB whenever 
INDEX is made.  When "make search key=something" is then executed, INDEX is out 
of date, since its predecessor is removed.  Then the tedious (many, many hour) 
process of making PKGDB from scratch is executed, recreating INDEX.  Then, 
paradoxically, PKGDB is removed.  "make search ..." repeats the process ad 
nauseam.  The solution should be not to remove PKGDB after making it (and 
INDEX) at such high cost.  The offending lines in the Makefile are these:

${.CURDIR}/INDEX: ${.CURDIR}/PKGDB
        @${RM} -f ${.CURDIR}/INDEX
        @${AWK} -f ./mk/scripts/genindex.awk PKGSRCDIR=${.CURDIR} SORT=${SORT} $
{.CURDIR}/PKGDB
        @${RM} -f ${.CURDIR}/PKGDB

Deleting the last line might cure the problem; I believe it is the bug.

An alternative solution is to remove dependencies on INDEX.

The pkgsrc was extracted from the 2006Q2 release, obtained a day or two ago.

Dave

>How-To-Repeat:
cd /usr/pkgsrc ; make INDEX; make search key=wget 
>Fix:
Delete indicated line.  I have not tried this; I do not yet know what the PKGDB 
file is *for*.  (I am an OpenBSD user, mostly, so am not intimately acquainted 
with the NetBSD pkg tools.)