Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 14:09:38 -0400 From: <srenna@vdbmusic.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, srenna@vdbmusic.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_info +COMMENTS problem Message-ID: <web-57957930@atlantech.net> In-Reply-To: <20031004164024.GA17411@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Yea,
pkgdb worked like a charm. i had been using the -fu option
in a more conservative manner, but now it looks like it's
all set. Thanks alot
On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 17:40:24 +0100
Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote:
> 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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