From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 22 23:09:13 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F21101065670 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:09:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout027.mac.com (asmtpout027.mac.com [17.148.16.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4D7F8FC22 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:09:13 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.209.4.71]) by asmtp027.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0L1A005V2WAUQ670@asmtp027.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:08:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-1004220227 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: <20100422225742.GA3655@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:08:54 -0700 Message-id: <0E8F4FAA-FE03-4886-AB0D-0A4E3B4E5C8C@mac.com> References: <20100328163828.1f34e0e7@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <20100420021420.22e22136@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <20100421230746.71454b7d@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <20100421205226.GA20692@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100422143016.GA19502@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100422190734.GA76238@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100422225742.GA3655@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> To: Chip Camden X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1078) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: [ HEADS UP ] Ports unstable for the next 10 days X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:09:14 -0000 Hi-- On Apr 22, 2010, at 3:57 PM, Chip Camden wrote: > I think maybe my package database has become corrupted somehow. Is there > a good way to rebuild that from scratch, or fix it? The Handbook didn't > seem to say anything on the subject. Try this sequence: portsdb -Fu pkgdb -aF (Additional runs of "pkgdb -F" with manual intervention might be needed if all cannot be auto-repaired. :-) Regards, -- -Chuck