Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 21:43:35 -0800 From: Andrew Stuart <elitetek@tekrealm.net> To: Nick Jennings <nkj@namodn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: port utils not working (ruby memory error) Message-ID: <20021115054335.GB69109@freebsd.tekrealm.net> In-Reply-To: <20021114174948.C13282@namodn.com> References: <20021114174948.C13282@namodn.com>
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On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 at 17:49:48 -0800, Nick Jennings wrote: > su-2.05b# portversion -v > [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 260 packages found (-2 +3) (...)[Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 260 packages found (-2 +3) (...)/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:224:in `origin': Cannot allocate memory: Cannot update the pkgdb!] (PkgDB::DBError) > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkginfo.rb:178:in `origin' > from /usr/local/sbin/portversion:301:in `check_pkgs' > from /usr/local/sbin/portversion:300:in `each' > from /usr/local/sbin/portversion:300:in `check_pkgs' > from /usr/local/sbin/portversion:260:in `main' > from /usr/local/sbin/portversion:77:in `initialize' > from /usr/local/sbin/portversion:77:in `new' > from /usr/local/sbin/portversion:77:in `main' > from /usr/local/sbin/portversion:347 > su-2.05b# > > Same stuff happens when I use any of the portupgrade applications. I have > tried going into ports/lang/ruby and doing a > 'make deinstall && make clean && make install' same with > ports/sysutils/portupgrade but nothing worked. > > Any ideas how I can get my system back to normal? I have serious misgivings > about every trying to update/upgrade my ports & installed packages again > :( > > How am I to know when things are broken or stable? > > - Nick Jennings > Unfortantly from what i can tell, this is a corrupt pkgdb.db (/var/db/pkg) the only way i know of to fix this is rm/mv pkgdb.db and run pkgdb -F to create a new one. I have had this happen ALOT expecially when running multiple portupgrades at once. YMMV -- Andrew Stuart http://www.tekrealm.net "Life is like a buffet; it's not good but there's plenty of it." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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