Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:14:22 +0100 From: Adam J Richardson <fatman.uk@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 174, Issue 15 Message-ID: <46292D2E.30606@crackmonkey.us> In-Reply-To: <20070420200744.E6E6B16A47D@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20070420200744.E6E6B16A47D@hub.freebsd.org>
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> Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:51:58 -0500 > From: Drew Sanford <lauasanf@wilderness.homeip.net> > Subject: portupgrade failing, portsdb error > To: questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <4628E19E.405@wilderness.homeip.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I get the following error: > > root@drew(/usr/ports)# portupgrade gnome-vfs > [Updating the portsdb <format:bdb_btree> in /usr/ports ... - 16885 port > entries found > .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000.........6000.........7000.........8000.........9000.........10000.........11000.........12000.........13000.........14000.........15000.........16000........ > ..... done] > [missing key: categories] [Updating the portsdb <format:bdb_btree> in > /usr/ports ... - 16885 port entries found > .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000.........6000.........7000.........8000.........9000.........10000.........11000.........12000.........13000.........14000.........15000.........16000........ > ..... done] > missing key: categories: Cannot read the portsdb! <snip ruby errors> Hi Drew, I've had this and the cause in my case was that portupgrade is out of date. In February the ports tree maintainers moved portupgrade from sysutils to ports-mgmt. That's the cause of "missing key: categories". Anyway, do this and see if it fixes the problem: cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade make all install clean Hope this helps, Adam J Richardson
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