From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 5 15:33:15 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAA9616A4CE for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:33:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E6AE43D53 for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:33:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DIq0t-0007Y1-Ar for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 17:30:47 +0200 Received: from pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net ([68.83.169.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 17:30:47 +0200 Received: from apeiron+usenet by pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 17:30:47 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Christopher Nehren Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:28:45 +0000 (UTC) Organization: /usr/bin/false Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <20050405065523.GB90985@gnezdov.net> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) Sender: news Subject: Re: Problem with 'pkgdb -F' X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 15:33:16 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-04-05, Sergei Gnezdov scribbled these curious markings: > Here is the interaction with pkgdb. If I start 'pkgdb -F' after > running it once, the process will repeat itself. > > owl2-root % pkgdb -F > ---> Checking the package registry database > Stale origin: 'multimedia/nautilus-media': perhaps moved or obsoleted. > -> The port 'multimedia/nautilus-media' was removed on 2005-03-12 because: The first thing that you need to do is read UPDATING. The second thing that you need to do is read UPDATING. The third thing that you need to do you should know, because you've read UPDATING (but here's a hint, it has something to do with nautilus-media). Not reading UPDATING is a very good way of breaking your ports tree. I'm fairly certain that this is (part of) the reason for why you've had so many problems. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCUq8kk/lo7zvzJioRAsIQAJ9psqLYOseMfNkpGDMfE94e/RsROACfeoJI cglMQ6uFBTSKmD177Voh124= =yOAK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson If you ask the wrong questions, you get answers like "42" and "God". Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly.