Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 17:30:25 -0800 (PST) From: Joey Garcia <bear@unix.homeip.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange pkg_info error message - what's wrong with it? Message-ID: <20020206172743.I519-100000@we-24-126-232-105.we.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <20020206160022.B519-100000@we-24-126-232-105.we.mediaone.net>
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Okay, so I cvsup'd my ports tree and the messages went away. Interesting. Anyways, I think what happened was that someone in my department cut the power to the machine when I was building some ports and it probably screwed something up. I didn't realize this until I actually went to the machine and turned on the monitor and saw that it had just finished booting. I was like wtf?!? Anyways, there's no more messages. But, if it happens to someone then at least this will be archived to help those out in the future. On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Joey Garcia wrote: > > Okay, so I noticed that pkg_info is giving me a weird error message. Here > is some output and an example of usage and the message that I get. > > [3:59pm] bear@ircla (~) # pkg_info -Ia | grep ethereal > pkg_info: unable to open +CONTENTS file > ethereal-0.9.1 An X11/GTK network analyzer/capture tool > > The second line after the actual command invocation gives a message > concerning the +CONTENTS file. I assumed that was the +CONTENTS file > located for each package in /var/db/pkg. I'm not sure why it's giving me > that error. > > This machine has been upgraded from 4.3-RELEASE to 4.5-RELEASE just the > other day. I've also taken the liberty of going into > /usr/src/usr.sbin/pkg_install and issuing a make install to try to > reinstall the pkg_* utilities. > > Not sure what other information to give you, but if you need more just ask > and I'll be happy to respond. > > Joseph Garcia > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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