From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 4 11:09:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DBEB16A4B3 for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2003 11:09:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantech.net (mail3.atlantech.net [209.183.205.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 003B043FD7 for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2003 11:09:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from srenna@vdbmusic.com) Received: from [65.197.254.5] (account srenna@vdbmusic.com) by atlantech.net (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.1.3) with HTTP id 57957930; Sat, 04 Oct 2003 14:09:38 -0400 From: To: Matthew Seaman , srenna@vdbmusic.com X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser Interface v.4.1.3 Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 14:09:38 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20031004164024.GA17411@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_info +COMMENTS problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 18:09:40 -0000 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 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 > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 > The Paddocks > Savill > Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey > Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 > Bucks., SL7 1TH UK