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Hi all:

trying to upgrade the ports and got errors:

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beichuan# portupgrade -a
[Rebuilding the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 382 packages found (-0 +382) .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. done]
[Updating the portsdb <format:bdb_btree> in /usr/ports ... - 18529 port entries found .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000.........6000.........7000.........8000.........9000.........10000.........11000.........12000.........13000.........14000.........15000.........16000.........17000.........18000..... ..... done]
[missing key: categories] [Updating the portsdb <format:bdb_btree> in /usr/ports ... - 18529 port entries found .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000.........6000.........7000.........8000.........9000.........10000.........11000.........12000.........13000.........14000.........15000.........16000.........17000.........18000..... ..... done]
missing key: categories: Cannot read the portsdb!
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:567:in `open_db': database file error (PortsDB::DBError)
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:736:in `port'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:924:in `all_depends_list'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:915:in `tsort_build'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:907:in `each'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:907:in `tsort_build'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:929:in `sort_build'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:933:in `sort_build!'
        from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:694:in `main'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/optparse.rb:755:in `initialize'
        from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:210:in `new'
        from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:210:in `main'
        from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:1981

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were the errors from my side or from the portal side?

Thanks