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Subject: Re: /var/db/pkg/cups-base-1.1.20.0/+CONTENTS: No such file or
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Andy Smith <andy@freebsdwiki.org> writes:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I don't know what I have done to cause this, but now every use of
> the various portutils results in this message:
> 
> /var/db/pkg/cups-base-1.1.20.0/+CONTENTS: No such file or directory
> 
> That files does indeed not exist, althoug the directory does and the
> port is installed.
> 
> Based on googling I have tried running pkgdb -F and portsdb -u, but
> it doesn't help.  Both run without error.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas?

Force a reinstall of that package?  The ports tools are
indeed going to have a lot of problems if your package
database is incomplete like that...