From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 31 05:16:57 2005 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 F02FE16A4CE for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 05:16:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vps.vocaboly.com (vps.vocaboly.com [207.58.137.77]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E05A43D2D for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 05:16:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from newbie@freebsdblog.org) Received: from p54877ac9.dip.t-dialin.net ([84.135.122.201] helo=kevin) by vps.vocaboly.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1DGs35-0005mz-1b; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:16:56 -0500 Message-ID: <006901c535b1$24a8e860$6402a8c0@kevin> From: "KP" To: "Abu Khaled" References: <004601c535a9$e707a430$6402a8c0@kevin> <200503302042.21595.ringworm01@gmail.com> <005b01c535ad$da87bbb0$6402a8c0@kevin> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:18:54 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1478 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - vps.vocaboly.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - freebsdblog.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: cc: "Michael C. Shultz" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Packages Corrupted 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: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 05:16:58 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abu Khaled" To: "KP" Cc: "Michael C. Shultz" ; Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:58 AM Subject: Re: Packages Corrupted > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:55:22 +0200, KP wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Michael C. Shultz" > > To: > > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:42 AM > > Subject: Re: Packages Corrupted > > > > > On Wednesday 30 March 2005 08:27 pm, KP wrote: > > > > I installed apache, php and mysql with pkg_add, unfortunately I > > > > messed up the directory /var/db during moving and linking. Now when I > > > > pkg_delete or pkg_add any php related packages, always got the error > > > > message: "the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt", tried > > > > "pkgdb -F" and it didn't work. This is a new server running 5.3 > > > > release, just installed serveral packages, but with the error > > > > message, I feel the system totally corrupted. Is it possible to fix > > > > this? Many thanks in advance! > > > > Kevin > > > > > > If /var/db is "messed up" there is no way to know which installed > > > package is associated with which port. If you don't see any package > > > names listed under /var/db/pkg they are as good as not being installed > > > as far as the ports system is concerned. You should never fool with > > > anything under /var/db/pkg, always leave that to the ports system to > > > handle. What is the status of /var/db/pkg now? Are there any package > > > names listed in it? > > > > > > -Mike > > > > Thanks for your reply, Mike. > > /var/db/pkg looks good > > # ls > > apache-1.3.33 mysql-client-4.0.21 php4-pcre-4.3.9 > > pkgdb.db > > bison-1.75_2 perl-5.8.5 php4-posix-4.3.9 > > portupgrade-20041226_1 > > cvsup-without-gui-16.1h php4-bz2-4.3.9 php4-session-4.3.9 > > ruby-1.8.2_3 > > expat-1.95.8 php4-ctype-4.3.9 php4-tokenizer-4.3.9 > > ruby18-bdb1-0.2.2 > > gettext-0.13.1_1 php4-extensions-1.0 php4-xml-4.3.9 > > unixbench-4.1.0 > > libiconv-1.9.2_1 php4-mysql-4.3.9 php4-zlib-4.3.9 > > m4-1.4.1 php4-overload-4.3.9 pkg > > > > But If I try to delete a package, it will go to the error message in the > > end. > > > > # pkg_delete php4-xml-4.3.9 > > pkg_delete: package 'php4-xml-4.3.9' is required by these other packages and > > may not be deinstalled: php4-extensions-1.0 > > > > # pkg_delete php4-extensions-1.0 > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > Is pkg in /var/db/pkg/ a file or directory how did it end up there. > > -- > Kind regards > Abu Khaled > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:55:22 +0200, KP wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Michael C. Shultz" > > To: > > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:42 AM > > Subject: Re: Packages Corrupted > > > > > On Wednesday 30 March 2005 08:27 pm, KP wrote: > > > > I installed apache, php and mysql with pkg_add, unfortunately I > > > > messed up the directory /var/db during moving and linking. Now when I > > > > pkg_delete or pkg_add any php related packages, always got the error > > > > message: "the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt", tried > > > > "pkgdb -F" and it didn't work. This is a new server running 5.3 > > > > release, just installed serveral packages, but with the error > > > > message, I feel the system totally corrupted. Is it possible to fix > > > > this? Many thanks in advance! > > > > Kevin > > > > > > If /var/db is "messed up" there is no way to know which installed > > > package is associated with which port. If you don't see any package > > > names listed under /var/db/pkg they are as good as not being installed > > > as far as the ports system is concerned. You should never fool with > > > anything under /var/db/pkg, always leave that to the ports system to > > > handle. What is the status of /var/db/pkg now? Are there any package > > > names listed in it? > > > > > > -Mike > > > > Thanks for your reply, Mike. > > /var/db/pkg looks good > > # ls > > apache-1.3.33 mysql-client-4.0.21 php4-pcre-4.3.9 > > pkgdb.db > > bison-1.75_2 perl-5.8.5 php4-posix-4.3.9 > > portupgrade-20041226_1 > > cvsup-without-gui-16.1h php4-bz2-4.3.9 php4-session-4.3.9 > > ruby-1.8.2_3 > > expat-1.95.8 php4-ctype-4.3.9 php4-tokenizer-4.3.9 > > ruby18-bdb1-0.2.2 > > gettext-0.13.1_1 php4-extensions-1.0 php4-xml-4.3.9 > > unixbench-4.1.0 > > libiconv-1.9.2_1 php4-mysql-4.3.9 php4-zlib-4.3.9 > > m4-1.4.1 php4-overload-4.3.9 pkg > > > > But If I try to delete a package, it will go to the error message in the > > end. > > > > # pkg_delete php4-xml-4.3.9 > > pkg_delete: package 'php4-xml-4.3.9' is required by these other packages and > > may not be deinstalled: php4-extensions-1.0 > > > > # pkg_delete php4-extensions-1.0 > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > Is pkg in /var/db/pkg/ a file or directory how did it end up there. > > -- > Kind regards > Abu Khaled Oh, it's a directory and contains several packages. I moved the db directory to other place and made a link, but must have run a silly command, later I found the old one still existed :-(. I moved all files under /var/db/pkg/pkg/ into /var/db/pkg/, the probelms seems fixed! Thank God! I reinstalled php and mysql packages without any error messages. Thank you very much! # pwd /home/db/pkg/pkg # ll total 18 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:51 apache-1.3.33 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:47 expat-1.95.8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:51 mysql-client-4.0.21 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:51 mysql-server-4.0.21 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 29 23:43 ncftp-3.1.8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:47 perl-5.8.5 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:51 php4-4.3.9 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:51 php4-mysql-4.3.9 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:53 qpopper-4.0.5_1