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Subject: [PARTIAL SOLUTION] Re: Trouble building abiword in the Ports
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> > # pkgdb -F
> > --->  Checking the package registry database
> > 
> > [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ...
> > /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format -- Invalid
> > argument; rebuild needed] [Rebuilding the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in
> > /var/db/pkg ... /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format --
> > Invalid argument: Cannot update the pkgdb!]: Cannot update the pkgdb!]
> 
> OK, navigate to the /var/db/pkg directory and either delete or rename
> the 'pkg.db' file. Then run:
> 
>           pkgdb -aFfuv
> 
> Assuming that works, resume with the rest of the directions I gave you
> previously.

That enabled the portupgrade to succeed, but abiword still fails.
I've sent the logs to freebsd-gnome.