Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 12:15:47 -0400 From: parv@pair.com To: Noah <admin2@enabled.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkgdb -Fu failing: can't convert nil into String Message-ID: <20060819161547.GA2452@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <44E72508.9000909@enabled.com> References: <44E72508.9000909@enabled.com>
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in message <44E72508.9000909@enabled.com>,
wrote Noah thusly...
>
> Somebody know what is going on here? I can't figure it out and
> never seen this before.
Neither do i but that won't stop me from speculating ...
>
> # pkgdb -Fu
> ---> Updating the pkgdb
> ---> Checking the package registry database
> Stale dependency: b2evolution-0.9.2 -> marked ():
> marked: Not in due form: <name>-<version>
Here, "marked" seems like some sort of place holder for the missing
dependency port. The otherwise non empty "()" contain the port
directory, under ${PORTSDIR:-/usr/ports}, of the dependency port.
> Install stale dependency? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] a
> can't convert nil into String
When you answered "all", pkgdb prepared to install the port "marked"
but could not parse that name in <name>-<version> format, so the
result was empty string or 'nil' in Ruby, the programming language
of choice for portupgrade tools.
- Parv
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