Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:41:58 +0200 From: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_version: the package info for package '...' is corrupt Message-ID: <515AA7E6.5020606@eskk.nu> In-Reply-To: <10955.1364893724@server1.tristatelogic.com> References: <10955.1364893724@server1.tristatelogic.com>
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2013-04-02 11:08, Ronald F. Guilmette skrev: > > > [[ I asked about this problem on the -questions list a couple of days > ago, but didn't get any relevant replies, so I'm trying again here > on the -ports list. Apologies if you see this twice. ]] > > A couple of days ago my system just simply decided to power itself off > (twice) whilst I was in the middle of doing "portupgrade -a". > > I have since learned that the unscheduled and unexpected power offs > were due to a CPU cooling problem. I believe that I have that problem > in hand now. > > Separately however, and probably as result of the sudden power offs, > when I run pkg_version now I am getting many messages relating to > various of my installed packages, all having the following general > form: > > pkg_version: the package info for package 'PKG' is corrupt > > where `PKG' is the name of some package or another that I have installed. > > I have at least 6 such messages for different packages I have installed... > and probably more. > > I googled around a bit and did not find any good explanation for the > above error or, more importantly, what to do about it. > > I gather however that my package data base has become corrupted. > > OK, so how does one rebuild that from scratch? > > Please don't tell me that I have to reinstall every bleedin' port from > scratch! > > > Regards, > rfg > > > P.S. Oh! And by the way, I just happen to have made a full system backup > quite recently. Do I just simply need to get the entire contents of > /var/db/pkg/ from that backup, and then do "rm -fr /var/db/pkg" and then > copy my backup copy of /var/db/pkg to the real /var/db/pkg ? > > Will that fix the problem? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Are you using pkg? If so the command should be pkg version without the underscore. /Leslie PS: Your private mail address bounces. I've tried two different SMTP Servers! <rfg@tristatelogic.com>: host server1.tristatelogic.com[69.62.255.118] said: 550 5.7.1 <mx1.bjare.net[212.31.160.3]>: Client host rejected: bjare.net is BLACKLISTED - Use http://www.tristatelogic.com/contact.html (in reply to RCPT TO command) <<< 550 5.7.1 <c-4-202-233-83.cust.bredband2.com[83.233.202.4]>: Client host rejected: cust.bredband2.com is BLACKLISTED - Use http://www.tristatelogic.com/contact.html 550 5.1.1 <rfg@tristatelogic.com>... User unknown <<< 554 5.5.1 Error: no valid recipients
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