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From: "Akinori MUSHA" <knu@iDaemons.org>
To: parv <parv_@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: portupgrade problem: 'update_db': instance of IO needed: Cannot update the packages database!
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I'm the author and the maintainer of portupgrade.  Please make sure to
CC me when you post something regarding portupgrade, because I tend to
miss mails of high-volume mailing lists.

At Sat, 6 Oct 2001 20:21:46 -0400,
parv wrote:
> in /source/ports/distfiles, when i issued following command...
> 
> # portupgrade bladeenc-0.92
> 
> ...portupgrade started upgrading everything in /var/db/pkg (247 of 

That is very weird.  Please make a detailed report so I can see the
problem.

> # portupgrade bladee*
> [Updating the packages database in /var/db/pkg ... /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:343:in `update_db': instance of IO needed: Cannot update the packages database!] (PkgDB::DBError)
>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:349:in `open_db'
>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:481:in `installed_pkgs_'
>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:409:in `installed_pkg?'
>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:115:in `pkg'
>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:520:in `glob'
>         from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:416:in `main'
>         from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:415:in `catch'
>         from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:415:in `main'
>          ... 6 levels...
>         from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:175:in `initialize'
>         from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:175:in `new'
>         from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:175:in `main'
>         from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:1408

I think I've fixed the problem in the recent versions.  Please upgrade
portupgrade and see if it works.

Regards,

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