Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:30:17 -0500 From: Drew Sanford <lauasanf@wilderness.homeip.net> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "pkgdb -F" is failing me... Message-ID: <452D2A29.2020403@wilderness.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <523E1104-33A4-4DB6-9F3F-F66B76F8A84F@mac.com> References: <523E1104-33A4-4DB6-9F3F-F66B76F8A84F@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger wrote: > Hi, all-- > > "pkgdb -F" is failing with a "can't convert nil into String" error. > > 10-ns1# portupgrade -ai > ---> Session started at: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:11:06 -0400 > Stale dependency: cabextract-1.1_1 --> ldconfig_compat-1.0_8 -- > manually run 'pkgdb -F' to fix, or specify -O to force. > ---> Session ended at: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:11:06 -0400 (consumed > 00:00:00) > 11-ns1# pkgdb -F > ---> Checking the package registry database > Stale dependency: cabextract-1.1_1 -> ldconfig_compat-1.0_8 > (misc/ldconfig_compat): > Install stale dependency? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] > Fixed. (-> ldconfig_compat-1.0_8) > Stale dependency: curl-7.15.5 -> ldconfig_compat-1.0_8 > (misc/ldconfig_compat): > ldconfig_compat-1.0_8 ? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] > Fixed. (-> ldconfig_compat-1.0_8) > Stale dependency: gnupg-1.4.5_1 -> ldconfig_compat-1.0_8 > (misc/ldconfig_compat): > ldconfig_compat-1.0_8 ? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] > Fixed. (-> ldconfig_compat-1.0_8) > Stale dependency: portupgrade-2.1.3.3_1,2 -> ldconfig_compat-1.0_8 > (misc/ldconfig_compat): > ldconfig_compat-1.0_8 ? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] > Fixed. (-> ldconfig_compat-1.0_8) > Stale dependency: postfix-2.3.3,1 -> ldconfig_compat-1.0_8 > (misc/ldconfig_compat): > ldconfig_compat-1.0_8 ? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] > Fixed. (-> ldconfig_compat-1.0_8) > Stale dependency: ruby-1.8.5_2,1 -> ldconfig_compat-1.0_8 > (misc/ldconfig_compat): > ldconfig_compat-1.0_8 ? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] > Fixed. (-> ldconfig_compat-1.0_8) > 85.92s real 13.94s user 1.88s system 18% > 12-ns1# portupgrade -ai > ---> Session started at: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:12:41 -0400 > Stale dependency: cabextract-1.1_1 --> ldconfig_compat-1.0_8 -- > manually run 'pkgdb -F' to fix, or specify -O to force. > ---> Session ended at: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:12:41 -0400 (consumed > 00:00:00) > 13-ns1# pkgdb -F > ---> Checking the package registry database > Stale dependency: cabextract-1.1_1 -> ldconfig_compat-1.0_8 (): > Install stale dependency? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [yes] > can't convert nil into String > 11.04s real 6.84s user 0.60s system 67% > 14-ns1# uname -a > FreeBSD ns1.pkix.net 4.11-STABLE FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE #0: Sat Jun 18 > 18:51:43 EDT 2005 > root@ns1.pkix.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/NORMAL i386 > > Note that I didn't even have this ldconfig_compat-1.0_8 port > installed; I don't see how it could possibly be chosen to replace a > stale dependency... > > ---Chuck I recently ran into this problem as well. I had some duplicate origins that I fixed and at that point, everything picked up and ran fine for me. Don't know if that helps you or not, but it's what worked for me.
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