Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 15:54:09 -0500 From: Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pkgdb Problem -- /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:35:in Message-ID: <4040FFF1.70003@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <200402281159.52983.kstewart@owt.com> References: <4040F1C8.3000704@earthlink.net> <200402281159.52983.kstewart@owt.com>
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Kent Stewart wrote: >On Saturday 28 February 2004 11:53 am, Bob Perry wrote: > > >>Hello, >> >>I run FreeBSD 4.9 and just ran my weekly CVSup followed by portsdb >>-uU and portupgrade -arR. I came across the following message which >>looks similar to one previously posted today. I'm relatively new at >>this and just question >>whether or not the previous response is the same for my situation >>(e.g., delete >>portupgrade and ruby* and then rebuild portupgrade). BTW, what >>happens to the >>ruby files that are removed? >> >> > >Ruby has been updated to version 1.8. Delete portupgrade and ruby*, >which will delete all of the ruby-1.6 stuff. This will also delete 1.8. >You can manually delete all of the ruby-1.6 or relax and let the >portsytem rebuild it. At an rate, after you have deleted portupgrade >and the ruby-1.6 ports, you can rebuild portupgrade, which will link to >ruby-1.8. > >Kent > > > >>Thanks, >>Bob Perry >> >>/usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:35:in `require': No such file to load -- >>pkgtools (LoadError) >> from /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:35 >>---> Backing up the old version >>---> Uninstalling the old version >>/usr/local/sbin/pkg_deinstall:35:in `require': No such file to load >>-- pkgtools (LoadError) >> from /usr/local/sbin/pkg_deinstall:35 >>** The following packages were not installed or upgraded (*:skipped / >>!:failed) >> ! accessibility/gnomemag (gnomemag-0.10.6) (uninstall >>error) ! databases/ruby-bdb1 (ruby-bdb1-0.2.1) (uninstall error) ! >>math/gcalctool (gcalctool-4.3.46) (uninstall error) ! >>editors/AbiWord2 (AbiWord2-gnome-2.0.3_1) (uninstall error) >> >> > > > Sorry for being so thick, but I get more than just nervous when using the delete command. Do I understand you correctly in that I delete, as in rm, the portupgrade files in /usr/ports/sysutils/ directory and also all of the ruby files in the /usr/ports/ lang/ directory? Bob -- I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p2 #0
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