Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 14:56:33 +0000 From: Bryan Maynard <bryan.maynard@reallm.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: package database corruption Message-ID: <200508021456.34068.bryan.maynard@reallm.com> In-Reply-To: <20050802193646.GA40174@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <000501c59781$656f8570$0200a8c0@satellite> <20050802193646.GA40174@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Tuesday 02 August 2005 07:36 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 12:44:05PM -0400, dave wrote: >> Hello, >> I've got a 5.4 box, that was working fine until it somehow lost >> it's correct date. A port upgrade was atempted while in this state >> then when it failed, it was handed off to me to fix. THe problem is >> in the f-prot-sig package, it's not updating it's either wanting v >> 20050705 or 20050730 it says 20050730 is install but a portversion >> -l "<" shows f-prot-sig still needing updating. I tried just >> updating that package with portupgrade f-prot-sig and it said the >> package wasn't updated because it was already marked as ignored. I'm >> hoping i don't have to uninstall and reinstall the packages on this >> box, any help appreciated. > >Make sure you updated your index (e.g. make fetchindex) before >updating ports, or portupgrade won't know which need to be updated. You could also give portsnap a go. It's under the ports collection. >Kris Thanks, Bryan -- Open Source: by the people, for the people.
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