Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 10:42:01 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@infinito.it> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pkg assertion failed Message-ID: <44k31rha9i.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <CAKoxK%2B5SPMGdqpuu-n4M%2BhGShOQGZbGBBBevoofN0S49ZM1JGw@mail.gmail.com> (Luca Ferrari's message of "Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:55:15 %2B0100") References: <CAKoxK%2B5exPQU9wKxSmU2-M78XOdrgDeTZj9gcofjrTp4-rKOxQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAKoxK%2B5SPMGdqpuu-n4M%2BhGShOQGZbGBBBevoofN0S49ZM1JGw@mail.gmail.com>
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Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@infinito.it> writes: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@infinito.it> wrote: >> Seems a problem with the package database to me, what should I do? I'm >> running 10.1-release. > > Apparently it was a mix-mismatch of ports and packages. > Issuing a Well, not literally. Once installed, there is no difference. In fact, these days building a port works by building a package without installing anything, and then installing that. > # pkg udate > # pkg upgrade > > fixed the problem. The problem is having some of your installed packages out of synch with each other. "pkg upgrade" is, indeed, the easy way to fix this (just remember to check UPDATING first, as with any method of upgrading the installed packages).
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