Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 07:40:02 -0800 From: "Noah" <admin2@enabled.com> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: updating pkgdb results invalid argument Message-ID: <20041216153945.M15892@enabled.com> In-Reply-To: <20041216153127.GA36199@toxic.magnesium.net> References: <20041216152827.M31428@enabled.com> <20041216153127.GA36199@toxic.magnesium.net>
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On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:31:27 -0500, Adam Weinberger wrote > >> (12.16.2004 @ 1028 PST): Noah said, in 0.4K: << > > FreeBSD-4.9 > > > > any clues why this is happening? the update of the package DB ends off with > > invalid argument. > > > > --- snip ---- > > > > # pkgdb -Fu > > ---> Updating the pkgdb > > Invalid argument > >> end of "updating pkgdb results invalid argument" from Noah << > > The arguments -F and -u are incompatible. One fixes a preexisting > database, and one creates a new one. Did you mean to use pkgdb -fu? > thank you Adam. I suppose that was a newbie question. cheers, Noah > # Adam > > -- > Adam Weinberger > adamw@magnesium.net || adamw@FreeBSD.org > adamw@vectors.cx || adamw@gnome.org > http://www.vectors.cx > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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