On 7/3/06, Kent Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sunday 02 July 2006 14:23, Jim Stapleton wrote: > I would guess that means the file was corrupted somehow, though I > don't know how. > > At any rate, I don't know how to fix that, and not loose the stored > information. You "pkgdb -fu" and it recreates the database. You will also probably find that you need to recreate your INDEX[-*].db. After that, everything works just fine. All I did is run pkg-version and it rebuilt the INDEX.db.
i 'm having this same problem :( tried everything that is mentioned in here but to no avail. i even tried make deinstall and make reinstall and it didnt work, pkg_delete wont work coz it cant find portupgrade. pls help Kent
> > On 7/2/06, Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 02/07/06 Michael P. Soulier said: > > > Cannot update the pkgdb!]: Cannot update the pkgdb!] > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgtools.rb:444:in `__system': > > > Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb -aFQ > > > (CommandFailedError) from > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgtools.rb:467:in `__sudo' > > > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgtools.rb:473:in > > > `xsystem!' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:960:in > > > `autofix!' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:956:in > > > `autofix' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:475:in `main' > > > from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:714:in `main' > > > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/optparse.rb:815:in > > > `initialize' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:209:in `main' > > > from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:1951 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# pkgdb -F > > ---> Checking the package registry database > > [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!] > > > > This doesn't look good. > > > > Mike > > > > -- > > Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It > > takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the > > opposite direction." --Albert Einstein > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://www.soyandina.com/ "I am Andean project". http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to " [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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