Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:58:04 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to Upgrade Portupgrade? Message-ID: <44abwtu2c3.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <46320CF8.90002@mykitchentable.net> (Drew Tomlinson's message of "Fri\, 27 Apr 2007 07\:47\:20 -0700") References: <4631EB20.20808@mykitchentable.net> <4631F760.80809@daleco.biz> <44hcr2x7ev.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <46320CF8.90002@mykitchentable.net>
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Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> writes: > Thanks for all the replies. Funny thing is that when trying the > "portupgrade -o" solution and using "pkg_info | grep portupgrade", no > results were returned. The /var/db/pkg directory had no portupgrade* > entries. Thus I just used "portupgrade -N portupgrade" to upgrade. > All seemed OK. I did notice a "make config" window that asked me > which version of Berkeley DB to use for the backend. Not knowing, I > just chose the default of ">=2" and the port built without error. Missing entries in the package database? Could be a problem, although more likely it's just a mistake of some sort. > Next I attempted "pkgdb -L" suggested in the pkg-message file. It > returned this error: > > blacksheep# pkgdb -L > [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format -- Invalid argument; rebuild needed] [Rebuilding the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format -- > Invalid argument: Cannot update the pkgdb!]: Cannot update the pkgdb!] > > I assume this is due to choosing the incorrect Berkeley DB version? > So should I rebuild the portupgrade port and choose Berkeley DB 1.85 > or is it recommended to convert the pkgdb to the newer version? If I > should convert, how? My build machine is powered down today, so I can't get the exact answer, but it was in /usr/ports/UPDATING at the time.
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