Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 23:41:58 -0400 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: Akinori MUSHA <knu@iDaemons.org> Cc: f-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: portupgrade problem: 'update_db': instance of IO needed: Cannot update the packages database! Message-ID: <20011012234158.A32533@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <86669ko70r.wl@archon.local.idaemons.org>; from knu@iDaemons.org on Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 06:58:12AM %2B0900 References: <20011006202146.A17678@moo.holy.cow> <86669ko70r.wl@archon.local.idaemons.org>
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this was, on the fateful occasion around Oct 12 17:58 -0400, sent by Akinori MUSHA > > I'm the author and the maintainer of portupgrade. Please make sure to > CC me when you post something regarding portupgrade, because I tend to > miss mails of high-volume mailing lists. ok, will keep in mind... > > At Sat, 6 Oct 2001 20:21:46 -0400, > parv wrote: > > in /source/ports/distfiles, when i issued following command... > > > > # portupgrade bladeenc-0.92 > > > > ...portupgrade started upgrading everything in /var/db/pkg (247 of > > That is very weird. Please make a detailed report so I can see the > problem. sorry, i don't have any other details of that event as i didn't expected it. but i suppose i must have panicked when i saw a message similar to this... [Updating the packages database in /var/db/pkg ... - 244 packages found ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ...and missed the word 'database'. nonetheless, i did file a pr... http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=31168 > > # portupgrade bladee* > > [Updating the packages database in /var/db/pkg ... /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:343:in `update_db': instance of IO needed: Cannot update the packages database!] (PkgDB::DBError) ... > > I think I've fixed the problem in the recent versions. Please upgrade > portupgrade and see if it works. > > Regards, well, after deleteing the pkgdb.db & recreating it later, fixed the problem as stated in the pr; in any case i have 20011010.1 version. ok, after cvsup a minute ago, i now have 20011012. -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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