Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:24:14 +1100 From: matti k <matti.k@bigpond.net.au> To: "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkgdb failure Message-ID: <20071110102414.25b66271@platypus.freebsd.home> In-Reply-To: <200711091306.IAA15690@akiva.homer.att.com> References: <200711091306.IAA15690@akiva.homer.att.com>
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On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:06:54 -0500 "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com> wrote: > After upgrading from 6-STABLE to 7-RELEASE, I tried to rebuild > all the packages from portupgrade -af I started getting the following > error messages. The first once, the second multiple times, even > after I moved the pkgdb.db and did a pkgdb -fu. > > [/usr/ports/INDEX-7.db: unexpected file type or format -- Invalid > argument] [Updating the portsdb <format:bdb_btree> in /usr/ports . > .. - 17746 port entries found /usr/ports/INDEX-7.db: unexpected file > type or format -- Invalid argument: Cannot update the portsdb! > (/usr/ports/INDEX-7.db)] > > > /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format -- Invalid > argument > > Any ideas on what is causing this? I got this as well, after portupgrade tried to register installation of new ruby version. A pkgdb -F seemed to correct it and i continued on with portupgrade with no more errors. Regards, Matti
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