I deleted this file: /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db and then pkgdb -fu succeeded. But next time I ran I got the same error with /usr/ports/INDEX-7.db. Then this error disappear.
So it's most likely the bug with Berkeley DB. Anybody else has these kind of problems? Yuri Quoting Yuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > While doing portupgrade I am sporadically getting the error like below. > After I ran 'pkgdb -fu' few times and this cured tye problem. But then > after > a while of portupgrade run I now get the error: > > >pkgdb -fu > >---> Updating the pkgdb > >[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!] > > man pkgdb says: > BUGS > Sometimes a database may get corrupt, and the pkgtools commands may > abort > with a segmentation fault. In such cases, run ``pkgdb -fu'' to > rebuild > the database, and the problems should go away. > > So what should I do now to upgrade ports? > > Yuri > > -- error log during portupgrade -- > /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format -- Invalid argument > ** Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb -aFOQ > ---> Skipping 'net/openldap23-client' > ---> Reinstalling 'tcl-8.4.16,1' (lang/tcl84) > -- _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
