Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 02:02:43 +0200 From: Morsal Rodbay <morsal@swipnet.se> To: GERARDO ENRIQUE PAREDES MANCIA <g.paredes@unitec.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fixing a fscked pkg db Message-ID: <20020825000243.GT15865@mosse.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <1918dc0e169ee9c0.169ee9c01918dc0e@unitec.edu> References: <1918dc0e169ee9c0.169ee9c01918dc0e@unitec.edu>
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hey rebuild your database using this command: pkgdb -fu HTH, Mosse On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 09:21:06PM -0600, GERARDO ENRIQUE PAREDES MANCIA wrote: > hi guys, > > i always have been careful to pkgdb -u and pkgdb -F after every install, but > since like two months the portupgrade tools have stopped working, as an example: > > dhcp-93-1# pkgdb -F > [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 314 packages found > (-31 +87) (...)Invalid argument: Cannot update the pkgdb!] > dhcp-93-1# pkgdb -u > [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 314 packages found > (-31 +87) (...)Invalid argument: Cannot update the pkgdb!] > dhcp-93-1# portversion | more > > this happen just when trying to portupgrade or using pkgdb, usint another port > tools like, portsversion half worked until dependencia problems crawled in. > > normal pkg tools like pkg_info or pkg_version works flawlessly. > > does anyone have a good idea how to fix it? would be possible to reconstruct > /var/pkg/db from scratch if it was the problem? or i am fux0red? > > Any help will be appreciated? > > Regards, > Gerardo > > P.S.: and i don't want to reinstall everything To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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