Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 14:50:09 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jim Stapleton <stapleton.41@gmail.com> Subject: Re: cannot upgrade Message-ID: <200607021450.10112.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20607021423h3de5f063raf7ea0f2843c3399@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060702183123.GC12262@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <20060702183358.GD12262@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <80f4f2b20607021423h3de5f063raf7ea0f2843c3399@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sunday 02 July 2006 14:23, Jim Stapleton wrote: > I would guess that means the file was corrupted somehow, though I > don't know how. > > At any rate, I don't know how to fix that, and not loose the stored > information. You "pkgdb -fu" and it recreates the database. You will also probably find that you need to recreate your INDEX[-*].db. After that, everything works just fine. All I did is run pkg-version and it rebuilt the INDEX.db. Kent > > On 7/2/06, Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> wrote: > > On 02/07/06 Michael P. Soulier said: > > > Cannot update the pkgdb!]: Cannot update the pkgdb!] > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgtools.rb:444:in `__system': > > > Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb -aFQ > > > (CommandFailedError) from > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgtools.rb:467:in `__sudo' > > > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgtools.rb:473:in > > > `xsystem!' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:960:in > > > `autofix!' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:956:in > > > `autofix' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:475:in `main' > > > from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:714:in `main' > > > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/optparse.rb:815:in > > > `initialize' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:209:in `main' > > > from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:1951 > > > > [root@espresso ~]# pkgdb -F > > ---> Checking the package registry database > > [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... > > /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format -- Invalid > > argument; rebuild needed] [Rebuilding the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> > > in /var/db/pkg ... /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or > > format -- Invalid argument: Cannot update the pkgdb!]: Cannot > > update the pkgdb!] > > > > This doesn't look good. > > > > Mike > > > > -- > > Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> > > "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It > > takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the > > opposite direction." --Albert Einstein > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://www.soyandina.com/ "I am Andean project". http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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