Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 18:49:16 +0200 (CEST) From: "Julien Gabel" <jpeg@thilelli.net> To: "Bob Perry" <rperry@gti.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Solution: Unable to decipher error "ELF binary type 3 not known" Message-ID: <53932.192.168.1.20.1119804556.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> In-Reply-To: <1119804132.831.35.camel@homey.my.domain> References: <1119335564.80965.39.camel@homey.my.domain> <42B81F9B.50608@celeritystorm.com> <28717.145.248.192.30.1119363225.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> <1119409452.80965.63.camel@homey.my.domain> <1119804132.831.35.camel@homey.my.domain>
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>> I ran portupgrade -f linux_base-8 successfully and then ran portupgrade >> -arR. The system reports stale dependencies and suggest I manually run >> pkgdb -F to fix which I do. The first line of output reads: >> Stale dependency: acroread-5.10_1,1 -> linux-expat-1.95.5_2 >> (textproc/linux-expat): >> linux-fontconfig-2.1_2 (score:31%) ? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) >> >> If I understand Michael Lucas' "Cleaning Up Ports", acroread has >> recorded linux-expat-1.95.5_2 as a dependency but linux-fontconfig-2.1_2 >> is installed and it's asking if I want to have the entry in /var/db/pkg >> point to linux-fontconfig-2.1_2 as the correct dependency. And the >> answer is, "Damned if I know." > As previously mentioned, I resolved the original error: > ELF binary type "3" not known > by reinstalling linux_base-8 as recommended. Not sure about this issue > but I will research further. Thanks again. > > The stale dependency issue was another story. I discovered, through > comparing the dependency output from pkg_info -rR against the actual > list of dependency data that some of the dependent files were missing. > (I'm sure I must have deleted them inadvertently). Once they were > identified and reinstalled everything was as it should have been. > I don't know if this is a bug in the program or just me. At least now I > know my next steps when I see a stale dependency prompt requesting me to > choose between two apparently non-related packages. I think in this particular case, a forced upgrade/reinstall of the targeted port and its dependancies must be all what you wanted: # portupgrade -rRf acroread5 /* Or what the _name_ of the package is */ -- -jpeg.
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