Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 10:33:00 +0200 From: Jan Beich <jbeich@vfemail.net> To: Dimitri Minaev <minaev@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, ports-secteam@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Missing packages after upgrade Message-ID: <60dq-4khv-wny@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <34ee100d-3014-9820-e1cb-a14c66d5a87d@gmail.com> (Dimitri Minaev's message of "Mon, 14 Aug 2017 11:40:46 %2B0400") References: <34ee100d-3014-9820-e1cb-a14c66d5a87d@gmail.com>
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Dimitri Minaev <minaev@gmail.com> writes: > Hello, > > I have a virtual machine running FreeBSD. Last week the OS was upgraded > from 10.1 to 11.1-RELEASE. After the upgrade I tried to install Firefox, > but `pkg' cannot find the package in the repository: > > $ sudo pkg install firefox > Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... > FreeBSD repository is up to date. > All repositories are up to date. > pkg: No packages available to install matching 'firefox' have been found > in the repositories > > $ sudo pkg search firefox > esteidfirefoxplugin-3.8.0.1115 Digital signing with Estonian ID card in > Firefox > linux-firefox-45.9.0,2 Web browser based on the browser portion > of Mozilla > xpi-firefox-showcase-0.9.5.6 Easily locate and select any open browser > window > > Firefox is present in the ports directory, but not in the packages > database. I updated the database using -f option, but the result was the > same. I don't know if there are any other lost packages, but it seems > very probable. What's happened? How do I get the full database? firefox was missing for a few days due to a fallout from r447542. Try again. Disappearing packages issue was also discussed on the recent devsummit. ports-secteam@ maintains quarterly branches exactly to avoid this but sometimes mistakes happen. http://beefy3.nyi.freebsd.org/data/110amd64-quarterly/447639/logs/errors/firefox-54.0.1_1,1.log https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=221361 https://wiki.freebsd.org/DevSummit/201708/Desktop#Ports
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