Date: 19 Sep 2004 09:58:26 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Andy Smith <andy@freebsdwiki.org> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /var/db/pkg/cups-base-1.1.20.0/+CONTENTS: No such file or directory Message-ID: <44wtyqz7gd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20040918004111.GA73323@caffreys.strugglers.net> References: <20040918004111.GA73323@caffreys.strugglers.net>
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Andy Smith <andy@freebsdwiki.org> writes: > Hi folks, > > I don't know what I have done to cause this, but now every use of > the various portutils results in this message: > > /var/db/pkg/cups-base-1.1.20.0/+CONTENTS: No such file or directory > > That files does indeed not exist, althoug the directory does and the > port is installed. > > Based on googling I have tried running pkgdb -F and portsdb -u, but > it doesn't help. Both run without error. > > Does anyone have any ideas? Force a reinstall of that package? The ports tools are indeed going to have a lot of problems if your package database is incomplete like that...
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