Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:37:44 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Jason Gretz <JGretz@angstman.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portupgrade cannot upgrade pkgdb.db Message-ID: <45524018.5070504@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20061108181005.BF1482E04B@mail.angstman.com> References: <20061108181005.BF1482E04B@mail.angstman.com>
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Jason Gretz wrote:
> Hey guys, I got this output when I tried upgrading my ports tree
> (portupgrade --a) :
> =20
> [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ...
> /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format -- Invalid argumen=
t;
> rebuild needed] [Rebuilding the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg=
...
> [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ...
> /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format -- Invalid argumen=
t;
> rebuild needed] [Rebuilding the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg=
...
> /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format -- Invalid argumen=
t:
> Cannot update the pkgdb!]: Cannot update the pkgdb!]
> =20
> =20
> =20
> Any Ideas? Thanks guys!
Yes. Seems you updated BDB or switched versions to an incombatible one.
Blow away /usr/ports/INDEX-6.db and /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db and let portupgr=
ade
regenerate them from scratch. Those files are just summaries of other da=
ta
readily available from your system so they can be removed with impunity.
Cheers,
Matthew
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