Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 17:40:24 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: srenna@vdbmusic.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_info +COMMENTS problem Message-ID: <20031004164024.GA17411@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <web-57947036@atlantech.net> References: <20031004143637.GA15799@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <web-57947036@atlantech.net>
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On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 12:00:55PM -0400, srenna@vdbmusic.com wrote:
> Gave that a shot, but still seeing the same problem
> any other tips?
Perhaps the problem is that one or more of the pkg's doesn't have a
+COMMENT file at all. Try this:
# cd /var/db/pkg
# find . -type d -mindepth 1 -print | sed -e 's,$,/+COMMENT,' | xargs touch -a
However, if there's a pkg installed on your system without a +COMMENT
file, either you're running a pretty old system, or you've somehow
installed a really old pkg. You should probably just delete and
re-install any pkgs showing this symptom.
Other than that, you can try running 'pkgdb -Fvu' (from the
portupgrade(1) port) which should go a long way towards fixing any
prolems in the package DB. If that fails, then it's a case of manual
inspection of the whole /var/db/pkg tree to see if you can spot what
is out of place.
Cheers,
Matthew
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