Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 00:20:12 +0300 From: Ghirai <ghirai@ghirai.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[3]: Problem with portupgrade - SOLVED Message-ID: <8710021839.20070407002012@ghirai.com> In-Reply-To: <05853548.20070406234829@ghirai.com> References: <72510155.20070406225919@ghirai.com> <8cb6106e0704061308nae754afj662b855b762aacc2@mail.gmail.com> <05853548.20070406234829@ghirai.com>
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Hello Ghirai,
Friday, April 6, 2007, 11:48:29 PM, you wrote:
> Hello Josh,
> Friday, April 6, 2007, 11:08:02 PM, you wrote:
>>> deimos# portupgrade -PR libmpeg2
>>> [Updating the portsdb >format:bdb_btree> in /usr/ports ... - 16851
>>> port entries found
>>> {lines cut} ..... done]
>>> [missing key: categories: Cannot read the portsdb!
>>> database file error
>>>
>>> {following some ruby errors regarding the fact that the db can't be
>>> read?!}
>> Try removing (or moving so you have a backup) your
>> /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db file, then running pkgdb -u to update/create it.
>> Josh
> I did that, it recreated the file w/o errors, but i get the same error
> message.
I did a "make deinstall" and a "make reinstall" for portupgrade, which
bumped the version mumber.
It works now.
Compiling new versions, hopefully everything will turn out ok.
I'll report back.
--
Best regards,
Ghirai.
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