Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 09:56:40 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1048435001.8a3948@mired.org> To: Brian McCann <bjm1287@ritvax.isc.rit.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stuck with pkg_info Message-ID: <15991.16824.813784.495793@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <000601c2ed05$92be0020$2f811581@garfield> References: <000601c2ed05$92be0020$2f811581@garfield>
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In <000601c2ed05$92be0020$2f811581@garfield>, Brian McCann <bjm1287@ritvax.isc.rit.edu> typed: > It's been a bad week. Here's today's problem. I just tried running > pkg_info after updating my ports collection and I get the error > "pkg_info: read_plist: bad command '@ckmment > MD5:e612f324240eea2f88d666ee1325ea7c' ". I tried removing the pkgdb.db > file in /var/db/pkg and rebuilding it using pkgdb -u, but that didn't > fix it. Anyone have any other suggestions? pkgdb.db is created and maintated by the portupgrade tools. pkg_info isn't part of those, and doesn't use pkgdb.db. Your problem is that one or more packages has a typo in the +CONTENTS, saying @ckmment instead of @comment. You can find the this by doing: # cd /var/db/pkg # grep -l ckmment */+CONTENTS That will list the broken file. You can then fix it with ed, vi or your favorite editor. If lots of files have that problem, then you have a serious problem, because one or more of the tools you are using to install ports is probably corrupt. The fix to that is probably to upgrade your system. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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