From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 14 23:16:21 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FB4016A4CE for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:16:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay2-f5.bay2.hotmail.com [65.54.247.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6887343D48 for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:16:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from missive@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:16:21 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 208.186.54.187 by by2fd.bay2.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:16:21 GMT X-Originating-IP: [208.186.54.187] X-Originating-Email: [missive@hotmail.com] X-Sender: missive@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: <200503141438.14896.ringworm01@gmail.com> From: "Lee Harr" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 03:46:21 +0430 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Mar 2005 23:16:21.0243 (UTC) FILETIME=[D563A4B0:01C528EB] Subject: Re: If I have portmanager, do I need portupgrade? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:16:21 -0000 > > I keep hearing great things about portmanager, but I have > > not been able to run it... when I try, I get: > > > > > > # portmanager -s > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >--- PMGRrStatus 0.2.9_3 info: Creating inital data bases > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >--- PMGRrVerifyContentsFile 0.2.9_3 error: could not open > > /var/db/pkg/mailman-2.1.5_2/+CONTENTS > > system message: No such file or directory > > Assertion failed: (0), function PMGRrVerifyContentsFile, file > > PMGRrVerifyContentsFile.c,line 75. > > Abort (core dumped) > > > > > > What am I doing wrong? > >Does /var/db/pkg/mailman-2.1.5_2 exist on your system? If so >does /var/db/pkg/mailman-2.1.5_2/+CONTENTS exist? > Ah... # ls -ld /var/db/pkg/mail* drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Feb 15 21:43 /var/db/pkg/mailman-2.1.5_2 # ls -l /var/db/pkg/mailman-2.1.5_2 total 0 # pkg_info | grep mail pkg_info: the package info for package 'mailman-2.1.5_2' is corrupt I re-installed mailman and now portmanager is working. Still... seems like it should not dump core on the corrupt package info. Thanks for your help. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/