Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:44:27 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add goofiness in 7.0 Message-ID: <47F033EB.2010009@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <47f02d8e.xtw4HoBZjJEYST6%2B%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <47ef4464.8hmxyx8owvB7UAFk%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <47EF83E2.2000400@FreeBSD.org> <47f012c0.vaeX6y/Ut1gA9Lko%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <47F0147C.8070108@FreeBSD.org> <47f02d8e.xtw4HoBZjJEYST6%2B%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: >> What you showed does not indicate a failure. If you are saying >> that the package wasn't actually installed completely, then >> pkg_delete it and retry. > > I am not saying that the package was installed incompletely, > incorrectly, or something else because I don't know which of those > applies. *The package installation itself* threw an error message, > with no instructions for recovery, and left the package database > corrupted (incorrectly showing the package as installed). Fine, but there is nothing I can do to help you without knowing what the error was. > pkg_delete was only partially successful, perhaps because it was > unable to completely clean up the corruption. Now what? > > # pkg_delete -v linuxdoc-1.1_1 > Trying to remove dependency on package 'xmlcatmgr-2.2' with 'textproc/xmlcatmgr' origin. > Trying to remove dependency on package 'iso8879-1986_2' with 'textproc/iso8879' origin. > Change working directory to /usr/local > Delete file /usr/local/share/sgml/linuxdoc/README > Execute '/usr/local/bin/xmlcatmgr -sc /usr/local/share/sgml/catalog.ports remove linuxdoc/catalog' > xmlcatmgr: enabling compatibility mode; removing ALL matching entries > xmlcatmgr: no matching entry for `linuxdoc/catalog' of any type > pkg_delete: unexec command for '/usr/local/bin/xmlcatmgr -sc /usr/local/share/sgml/catalog.ports remove linuxdoc/catalog' failed > Delete file /usr/local/share/sgml/linuxdoc/catalog > Delete file /usr/local/share/sgml/linuxdoc/freebsd-1.0.dtd > Delete file /usr/local/share/sgml/linuxdoc/freebsd-1.1.dtd > Delete file /usr/local/share/sgml/linuxdoc/linuxdoc.dec > Delete file /usr/local/share/sgml/linuxdoc/original.dtd > Delete directory /usr/local/share/sgml/linuxdoc > Change working directory to . > pkg_delete: couldn't entirely delete package (perhaps the packing list is > incorrectly specified?) > > As I said, now try to repeat the original problem. Kris
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