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Date:      Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:59:03 -0700
From:      Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To:        Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: pkgdb rebuild
Message-ID:  <16767.54231.603692.494691@roam.psg.com>
References:  <16766.40359.311280.619036@roam.psg.com> <20041027164649.GB77712@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>

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>> portupgrade -fav is continually rebuilding the pkgdb
>> 
>> --->  Uninstallation of openldap-server-2.2.14 started at: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:51:04 -0700
>> --->  Fixing up dependencies before creating a package
>> --->  Backing up the old version
>> [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... Failed `Inappropriate file type or format'; rebuild needed] [Rebuilding the pkgdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 439 packages found (-0 +439) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... done]
>> --->  Uninstalling the old version
>> [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 ... - 439 packages found (-0 +439) ......................................................................................................
>> 
>> this is *very* time consuming.  i have done
>> 
>>    portsdb -Uu
>>    pkgdb -Uu
>>    pkgdb -Ff
>> 
>> to no avail
>> 
>> please send clue!
> 
> You don't say what OS version you're using.

sorry.  very -current

to fix, i had to
  o portupgrade portupgrade
  o pkgdb -Uu
  o pkgdb -Ff

randy



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