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Date:      Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:27:45 -0400
From:      Ron Tarrant <rtarrant@sympatico.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Ports Update: Failed to Generate INDEX
Message-ID:  <45005691.8060109@sympatico.ca>
In-Reply-To: <44FFA670.9050607@sympatico.ca>
References:  <44FD7AD2.5010000@sympatico.ca> <20060905110139.1bda7532.rnsanchez@gmail.com> <44FE523A.3080707@sympatico.ca> <20060906155622.GA18415@xor.obsecurity.org> <44FEEE0F.8040403@sympatico.ca> <20060906165212.GA19239@xor.obsecurity.org> <44FFA670.9050607@sympatico.ca>

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Ron Tarrant wrote:
>
> Updating the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait .. Done
> done
> [Updating the portsdb <format:bdb_btree> in /usr/ports ... - 15661 
> port entries
> found portsdb: /usr/ports/INDEX-6.db: unexpected file type or format 
> -- Invalid argument: Cannot update the portsdb! (/usr/ports/INDEX-6.db)]
>
Problem solved.

pkgdb was complaining about the format of the /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db file, 
so I renamed it pkgdb.db.old, re-ran pkgdb and it completed successfully.

Thanks to all who responded.

-Ron T.




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