Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:05:49 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> Cc: Patrick =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lamaizi=E8re?= <patfbsd@davenulle.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade failure Message-ID: <20081013180549.GA25442@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <fb6605670810131104h3f20797br52183de6f2a7d1f7@mail.gmail.com> References: <20081003172624.GC6090@piglet.digitaltorque.ca> <20081004110255.4e05dbf1@baby-jane-lamaiziere-net.local> <fb6605670810131104h3f20797br52183de6f2a7d1f7@mail.gmail.com>
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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 > <patfbsd@davenulle.org> 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 |
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