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From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: ports/31168: portupgrade problem: 'update_db': instance of IO needed: Cannot update the packages database!
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this was, on the fateful occasion around Oct 09 12:50 -0400,
sent by gnats-admin@FreeBSD.org                                      
>
...
> You can access the state of your problem report at any time
> via this link:
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=31168
> 
> >Category:       ports
> >Responsible:    freebsd-ports
> >Synopsis:       portupgrade problem: 'update_db': instance of IO needed: Cannot update the packages database!
> >Arrival-Date:   Tue Oct 09 09:50:00 PDT 2001

i have solved my problem by deleting /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db and
rebuilding it...

# rm -f /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db ; pkgdb -F

...after it, portupgrade worked just fine. 

i need confirmation whether this was (a|the) correct solution not just 
a workaround. 

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