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Subject: Re: portupgrade problems, please help
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> > > > > I use 5_1_RELEASE. I do not know what happened but now I
> > > > > get:
> > > > >
> > > > > -su-2.05b# portupgrade -arR
> > > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:325:in
> > > > > `deorigin': failed to convert nil into String
> > > > > (PkgDB::DBError) from
> > > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:918:in
> > > > > `tsort_build' from
> > > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:917:in `each'
> > > > > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:917:in
> > > > > `tsort_build' from
> > > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:909:in `each'
> > > > > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:909:in
> > > > > `tsort_build' from
> > > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:931:in
> > > > > `sort_build' from
> > > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:935:in
> > > > > `sort_build!' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:674:in
> > > > > `main' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:207:in `initialize'
> > > > > from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:207:in `new'
> > > > > from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:207:in `main'
> > > > > from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:1846
> > > > >
> > > > > Can someone tell how to fix it. I tried "pkgdb -uf" but it
> > > > > doesn't help.
> > > >
> > > > You may try to remove /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db and pkgdb -u
> > > > again.
> > >
> > > Thanks, but it didn't cure it  :(
> >
> > I would force upgrade portupgrade before you do anything using
> >
> > portupgrade -Rf portupgrade.
>
> /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb -fuF
> /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade -arR

Thanks for the input,

> > portupgrade -Rf portupgrade.

did not help. As well as

> /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb -fuF

Still :(