Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 01:17:01 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" <bg271828@yahoo.com> Cc: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net>, FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Various package/ports problems Message-ID: <20060904051701.GA11980@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20060904013118.39145.qmail@web53412.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060904011651.GA8058@xor.obsecurity.org> <20060904013118.39145.qmail@web53412.mail.yahoo.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 06:31:18PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 05:58:36PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > Kris Kennaway wrote: On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 01:59:14PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > > >> Thanks, i CAN compile from the ports collection (i never wanted to use > >> packages). Its MANAGING this that i cant do. I can update my ports tree > >> fine, and i can go into ports directory and do a make install, sure. > >> > >> But i cant do portsversion to see what needs updating, and i cant do > >> pkg_info to find out what versions i have. So doing something like > > >Why not (in both cases)?As i posted in the original message - the main question i was > asking - both of these are broken in some way. Reposting: > > --- > > For example if i try to run "portversion" i get: > > undefined method `each' for nil:NilClass > /usr/local/sbin/portversion:239: [BUG] Bus Error > > from Ruby (ruby 1.8.5 is up to date on the system). pkgdb -f > > If i try to run "pkg_info" I quickly get: > > pkg_info: read_plist: bad command '@conflicts apache+ipv6-1.*' > > (i googled for similar problems and there were a few other reports > > of this, with other packages, but no suggestion of how to fix them.) Deinstall the package that was built for a later version of FreeBSD. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE+7bNWry0BWjoQKURAsM/AJ4vfBzriwouThYwbeGujK9d9eU/AwCgxNpz c5hl4DSBYGSmEkSzoyX7Xeg= =23ve -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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