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Date:      Tue, 6 Feb 2007 17:03:40 -0000
From:      "Harrison Peter CSA BIRKENHEAD" <PETER.HARRISON@DWP.GSI.GOV.UK>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Portupgrade out of swap - corrupt pkg info...
Message-ID:  <0740B9A6C3639441850D84E94767945C01E58ED0@DMM00038.link2.gpn.gov.uk>

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I=20updated=20the=20ports=20on=20my=20laptop=20last=20night=20ran:

portsnap=20fetch=20update

followed=20by:

portupgrade=20-arR

This=20ran=20normally=20until=20it=20hit=20vim-gtk2.=20It=20built=20fine=20=
but=20whilst=20it=20was=20registering=20the=20installation=20became=20unre=
sponsive.

Hard=20rebooted,=20and=20found=20that=20in=20/var/log/messages=20it=20refe=
rred=20to=20being=20out=20of=20swap=20(I=20don't=20have=20the=20exact=20me=
ssage=20to=20hand).

pkg_info=20did=20not=20show=20vim=20as=20installed,=20so=20when=20portupgr=
ade=20finished=20a=20cd'd=20to=20/usr/ports/editors/vim=20and=20ran=20make=
=20install=20clean.=20This=20installed=20without=20error.

However,=20now=20when=20I=20run=20pkg_info=20it=20reports=20that=20the=20p=
kg=20info=20for=20vim-gtk2=20is=20corrupt.

Could=20anyone=20help=20with=202=20questions:

~=20How=20do=20I=20fix=20the=20package=20database=20entry=20for=20vim?

~=20What=20might=20have=20caused=20my=20machine=20to=20run=20out=20of=20sw=
ap?=20It=20was=20running=20X=20and=20twm=20with=201=20xterm=20open.=20For=20=
hardware=20it=20has=20256MB=20RAM=20and=20a=20470MB=20swap=20partition.=20=
I've=20not=20had=20this=20problem=20before.

This=20is=20on=206-STABLE=20from=20about=202=20weeks=20ago.

Apologies=20for=20any=20iffy=20formatting=20-=20this=20is=20being=20sent=20=
from=20my=20office=20account=20via=20MS=20Outlook.

TIA

Peter=20Harrison=20

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