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Date:      Sat, 06 May 2006 14:37:45 -0700
From:      Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>
To:        Arno Schleich <aschleichmd@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: portupgrade
Message-ID:  <445D1729.8050002@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <BAY112-F1475C4BDFCC51980ABA794B4AA0@phx.gbl>
References:  <BAY112-F1475C4BDFCC51980ABA794B4AA0@phx.gbl>

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Arno Schleich wrote:
> portugrade -a
> 
> results in a repetitive rebuild of the package database whenever the
> database is accessed.
> 
> [Updating the pkgdb <format:dbm_hash> in /var/db/pkg ... Inappropriate
> file type or format - /var/db/pkg/pkgdb; rebuild needed] [Rebuilding the
> pkgdb <format:dbm_hash> in /var/db/pkg ... - 435 packages found (-0
> +435)

You probably recently upgraded from FreeBSD 5.x to FreeBSD 6.x:

http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2006-04-14-portupgrade-errors.html

Colin Percival



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