From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 13 18:06:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 778F01065698 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:06:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.80]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61CB28FC0C for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:06:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.27]) by QMTA08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id SEgs1a00j0bG4ec58J5o8p; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:05:48 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id SJ5q1a0052P6wsM3PJ5qWS; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:05:51 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=t1LIx2JzPftkCKvqdzMA:9 a=--BEknNssgcVr_aZxpv-PU6RJ9AA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=0qA3qW1cF2AA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 01FB5C9419; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:05:50 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:05:49 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: "Michael P. Soulier" Message-ID: <20081013180549.GA25442@icarus.home.lan> References: <20081003172624.GC6090@piglet.digitaltorque.ca> <20081004110255.4e05dbf1@baby-jane-lamaiziere-net.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Patrick =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lamaizi=E8re?= , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade failure X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:06:27 -0000 On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 02:04:02PM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Patrick Lamaizière > wrote: > > Portupgrade is often confused with his database on upgrade. > > Delete /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db and retry. > > > > May be you have to delete /usr/ports/INDEX-6.db too. > > Hmm. This does not inspire confidence in the tool. So don't use it? :-) There are alternatives like portmaster. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |