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On 6/6/14, 12:25 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> According to UPDATING, I should be able to do this to resolve issues 
> with libiconv:  pkg query %ro libiconv >ports_to_update
>
> On my system, running 8.4 RELEASE with the old packaging system, this 
> command doesn't do anything.  I ran pkg_info to get a list of 
> dependent apps and then piped that into xargs portmaster, but I got 
> errors.
>
> # cat dependencies.txt | xargs portmaster
>
> ===>>> /var/db/pkg/Information does not exist
> ===>>> Aborting update
>
> ===>>> Killing background jobs
> Terminated
> Terminated
> Terminated
> Terminated
> Terminated
> Terminated
> Terminated
> Terminated
> Terminated
> Terminated
> Terminated
> ===>>> Exiting
>
> So how can I fix this problem without updating to the new pkg system?
>
You don't.

UPDATING says:
AFFECTS: 10-CURRENT users with any port depending on converters/libiconv

8.4 not affected, according to the entry.

-- 
Regards,
Bryan Drewery