From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 10 07:21:56 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3F7B1065675 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:21:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tobiash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80ED48FC12 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:21:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk9 with SMTP id 9so161076gxk.13 for ; Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:21:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=NKLx889fTkNV4gth4OxDTwTzePRfKf+EwR0XFqkJZ+Y=; b=ZivO42J83GAyonX1Vph/rnDxkzCfwTluotgs0087IT8Q3kCNQhsLl631jPblWUD7yA MBuxsXfK6LS6/Z4G8YQIXYJgr82lwxhS7qvm1jv1XvVoSHAOE2ZqjZSsU7wf4Yp/kzXA alS7M5VyuQbUZPTBWpGRPHWW4dTA1R5RLVOzA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=IND1Jb1JFTfu/dZ8m0hFwqN8CE1sbrH5OPrvi0MwyAx1b9ZeR7ReT/1TwWWZRoHIVL 4krWvmmxc+60VAX6XVMR36Mqt+8ytmsUpJyn7t1Nn7O1R6uxHf5XbJYYHzhgCPb6Rcl7 wxVRYwXy3rf9j3PZKRBN/G3PkMgDnhOpDnHPo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.241.4 with SMTP id o4mr4504383anh.163.1289371858575; Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:50:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.100.134.13 with HTTP; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 22:50:58 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:50:58 -0700 Message-ID: From: Tobias To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Package deinstall woes since new portupgrade arrived X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:21:56 -0000 Howdy freebsd-questions - almost every day I run a "portupgrade --batch -rav" over my installed packages on my "FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE #0" system. Two days ago I noticed that portupgrade itself was updated and that subsequent packages had troubles updating. Here's a sample for a "portupgrade --batch -rav" run: ... ===> Building for p5-Set-IntSpan-1.15 cp IntSpan.pm blib/lib/Set/IntSpan.pm Manifying blib/man3/Set::IntSpan.3 ---> Build of math/p5-Set-IntSpan ended at: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:38:41 -0700 (consumed 00:00:01) ---> Updating dependency info ---> Uninstallation of p5-Set-IntSpan-1.14 started at: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:38:45 -0700 ---> Fixing up dependencies before creating a package ---> Backing up the old version ---> Uninstalling the old version ---> Deinstalling 'p5-Set-IntSpan-1.14' ** Listing the failed packages (-:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed) ! p5-Set-IntSpan-1.14 (undefined method `nil' for "":String) ---> Uninstallation of p5-Set-IntSpan-1.14 ended at: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:38:56 -0700 (consumed 00:00:11) ---> Upgrade of math/p5-Set-IntSpan ended at: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:38:56 -0700 (consumed 00:00:16) ... It appears as if the deinstall fails for some (at least to me) unknown reason. p5-Set-IntSpan was not updated and we end up with lots of stale dependencies that need to be fixed via "pkgdb -F". If I manually do a "make deinstall reinstall" in the port-directory then the deinstall does not have any issues. Does anybody know where I should be looking for a solution to the "(undefined method `nil' for "":String)" problem? Thanks - Tobias