Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 16:49:16 +0400 From: Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_delete: package 'libvorbis-1.2.0,3' doesn't have a prefix Message-ID: <20080528124915.GZ92161@amilo.cenkes.org> In-Reply-To: <0EA7D07A-93A5-4D79-82EA-1F041D9DB89F@langille.org> References: <85B3D23B-90E4-467F-B1CA-F2C17A4F3589@langille.org> <20080528101008.GX92161@amilo.cenkes.org> <0EA7D07A-93A5-4D79-82EA-1F041D9DB89F@langille.org>
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On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 07:46:05AM -0400, Dan Langille wrote:
>
> On May 28, 2008, at 6:10 AM, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote:
>
>> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 10:23:51PM -0400, Dan Langille wrote:
>>> Can you tell me why this portupgrade fails?
>>>
>>> creating seeking_example
>>> Making all in vq
>>> ---> Backing up the old version
>>> tar: +COMMENT: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
>>> tar: +DESC: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
>>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
>>
>> Because you lost a couple of files in /var/db/pkg?
>
> A poor question on my part.
>
> How can I make this portupgrade succeed?
timtowtdi:
1. pkg_delete -af
2. rm -rf /var/db/pkg
3. touch /var/db/pkg/*/+{COMMENT,DESC}
4. pkg_delete -x <failing package>
5. ln -sf /usr/bin/true /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade
There is no "right way". Portupgrade is a great tool which just
likes to really screw up once in a while. I guess it's a fair
payment for all the headaches it solves.
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