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Date:      Mon, 22 Mar 2004 16:05:01 -0000 (GMT)
From:      jon.mercer@achean.com
To:        "Ewald Jenisch" <a@jenisch.at>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: portupgrade -arR fails -> port/pkg-system no longer usable
Message-ID:  <25362.217.33.199.34.1079971501.squirrel@webmail.achean.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040322153123.GA14092@athena.oekb.co.at>
References:  <20040322153123.GA14092@athena.oekb.co.at>

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Have had the same problem. Easiest solution is to cd to
/usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade and make deinstall clean install

Once that completes all is well again.

Jon Mercer
http://www.achean.com

>
> Hi,
>
> Doing a "portupgrade -arR" rendered my system (esp. the parts that
> refer to ports/packages) more or less unusable.
>
> Here's what I did:
>
> System is running 4.9
> cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile
> pkgdb -F
> portsdb -Uu
> cd /usr/ports
> portupgrade -arR
>
> After some hours worth of CPU-time I ended with a lot of ports not
> been upgraded like e.g.
>
>         ! graphics/png (png-1.2.5_2)    (uninstall error)
>         ! textproc/xmlcatmgr (xmlcatmgr-0.2_1)  (uninstall error)
>         ! textproc/sdocbook-xml (sdocbook-xml-4.1.2.5_1)        (uninstall
> error)
>         ! lang/ruby16-shim-ruby18 (ruby-shim-ruby18-1.8.0.p2.2003.04.19_1)
>      (uninstall error)
>         ! devel/libtool13 (libtool-1.3.5_1)     (uninstall error)
>         ! converters/libiconv (libiconv-1.9.1_1)        (uninstall error)
>         ! textproc/expat2 (expat-1.95.6_1)      (uninstall error)
>         ! archivers/lha (lha-1.14i_1)   (uninstall error)
>         ! textproc/py-expat (py23-expat-2.3_2)  (unknown build error)
>         ! graphics/jpeg (jpeg-6b_1)     (uninstall error)
>         ! textproc/docbook-sk (docbook-sk-4.1.2)        (uninstall error)
>         ! textproc/docbook-xsl (docbook-xsl-1.61.3_1)   (uninstall error)
>         ! graphics/tiff (tiff-3.5.7_1)  (uninstall error)
>         ! devel/gettext (gettext-0.12.1)        (unknown build error)
>         ! databases/ruby-bdb1 (ruby-bdb1-0.2.1) (uninstall error)
>         ! graphics/lcms (lcms-1.09,1)   (uninstall error)
>         ! sysutils/portupgrade (portupgrade-20030723)   (uninstall error)
>         ! devel/libltdl (libltdl-1.5)   (uninstall error)
>         ! lang/guile (guile-1.6.4_2)    (uninstall error)
>         ! devel/pkgconfig (pkgconfig-0.15.0)    (uninstall error)
>
> etc.etc.
>
> So I tried
> # pkgdb -F
> /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:35:in `require': No such file to load -- pkgtools
> (LoadError)
>         from /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:35
> #
> and
> # portsdb -Uu
> /usr/local/sbin/portsdb:35:in `require': No such file to load -- pkgtools
> (LoadError)
>         from /usr/local/sbin/portsdb:35
> #
> as well as
> # portversion
> /usr/local/sbin/portversion:35:in `require': No such file to load --
> pkgtools (LoadError)
>         from /usr/local/sbin/portversion:35
> #
>
> Please note that I've "portupgraded" my system with "-arR" several
> times in the past without any problems so far.
>
> BTW - I'm experiencing the same problems with another system that's
> running 5.2.1.
>
>
>
> Any pointer/help in order to get my system going again is very much
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks much in advance for your help,
> -ewald
>
>
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