Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:27:54 +0300 From: Sergey Matveychuk <sem@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael Proto <mike@jellydonut.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with portupgrade Message-ID: <45E888CA.9020801@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <45E83AF5.2010605@jellydonut.org> References: <45E7D3E1.5090408@philderbeast.com> <45E83AF5.2010605@jellydonut.org>
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Michael Proto wrote: > Phillip Ledger wrote: >> i have been trying to get portupgrade working, however everything i try >> to run it im getting an error with the portsdb. now i have tryed to >> rebuild it as requested initaly by portupgrade but im still getting an >> error >> >> portupgrade -aRr >> [missing key: categories] [Updating the portsdb <format:bdb_btree> in >> /var/tmp ... - 16413 port entries found >> .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000.........6000.........7000.........8000.........9000.........10000.........11000.........12000.........13000.........14000.........15000.........16000.... >> ..... done] >> missing key: categories: Cannot read the portsdb! >> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:548:in `open_db': database >> file error (PortsDB::DBError) >> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:702:in `port' >> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:890:in >> `all_depends_list' >> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:809:in `tsort_build' >> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:801:in `each' >> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:801:in `tsort_build' >> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:823:in `sort_build' >> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:827:in `sort_build!' >> from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:721:in `main' >> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/optparse.rb:755:in `initialize' >> from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:220:in `new' >> from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:220:in `main' >> from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:2084 >> >> >> any idea whats causeing the issue or how to fix it? > > > Try removing /usr/ports/INDEX-6.db and running "portsdb -u", which > should rebuild it from your existing /usr/ports/INDEX-6 file. > > (if you're using FreeBSD 5 it would be INDEX-5 above). > If it does not help, you should update portupgrade to the last version and rebuild the database again. -- Dixi. Sem.
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