Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:00:04 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> Subject: Re: Message when updating ports Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0902081500u66feb053wa17a6c6855e56f42@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <498CD6DE.60109@FreeBSD.org> References: <498088F7.5000800@eskk.nu> <790a9fff0901281130l31a35ba9pc4bde54f54ed1fec@mail.gmail.com> <4980D4BE.8050104@eskk.nu> <790a9fff0901291123s12108fcex358a448572d20154@mail.gmail.com> <498B2F54.2000602@eskk.nu> <498CD6DE.60109@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > Leslie Jensen wrote: >> >> I've obviously got a problem with several of my +CONTENTS files. >> >> I've got help from the list to edit some of the files, but I get a >> feeling that I need to replace the /var/db/pkg/* infrastructure. Can it >> be done and how do I go about it? >> >> Otherwise I'd be glad if someone will give me a suggestion on how I >> should solve the problem below? >> >> : Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/gio-fam-backend/work/glib-2.18.4/g >> io/fam' >> ===> Registering installation for gio-fam-backend-2.18.4 >> ===> Cleaning for gio-fam-backend-2.18.4 >> >> ===>>> Updating package dependency entry for each dependent port >> ===>>> devel/dbus-glib is listed as a dependency >> ===>>> but there is no installed version > > As Scot told you a while ago, your /var/db/pkg/* files are corrupt. To > fix this exact problem you need to do 'portmaster devel/dbus-glib' > which will rebuild the port and fix all the +CONTENTS files. > > You should do this for each port that comes up with this problem. You > might also consider using the --check-depends option. > > > hope this helps, > > Doug Running through --check-depends will solve that issue as you have a bunch of bad entries in the +CONTENTS files. I'd really like to figure out how those entries got in there because I encountered the same issue about 3 weeks ago... at least it's easy (albeit timeconsuming) to fix ;). -Garrett
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