From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 28 20:46:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2199116A4E6 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:46:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D459743D5E for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:46:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k7SKkKYE031591 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:46:20 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.40] (dsl254-013-145.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.13.145]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k7SKkJJC003735 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:46:19 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <20060828161718.P67591@scorpio.seibercom.net> References: <20060828200137.26950.qmail@web53415.mail.yahoo.com> <20060828161718.P67591@scorpio.seibercom.net> X-Gpgmail-State: !signed Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <1E2A35C1-5B0A-4088-853C-213C654CA0E0@u.washington.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:50:54 -0700 To: FreeBSD Questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.264296, Antispam-Engine: 2.4.0.264935, Antispam-Data: 2006.8.28.100944 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Subject: Re: Various package/ports problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:46:22 -0000 On Aug 28, 2006, at 1:21 PM, Gerard Seibert wrote: > On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I inherited a FreeBSD 4.8 box that had a lot of out of date ports >> on it. in >> trying to fix some of this, i seem to have screwed up the package or >> ports system in a way i cant manage to fix. >> >> For example if i try to run "portversion" i get: >> >> undefined method `each' for nil:NilClass >> /usr/local/sbin/portversion:239: [BUG] Bus Error >> >> from Ruby (ruby 1.8.5 is up to date on the system). >> >> If i try to run "pkg_info" I quickly get: >> >> pkg_info: read_plist: bad command '@conflicts apache+ipv6-1.*' >> >> (i googled for similar problems and there were a few other reports >> of this, with other packages, but no suggestion of how to fix them.) >> >> If i try to rebuild my ports index, I get >> >> gnopernicus-0.12.0: "/usr/ports/accessibility/gnome-speech" non- >> existent -- >> dependency list incomplete" >> >> and nothing will go further. >> >> How can i get all of this sorted? i was really hoping to be able >> to update >> most of this sytem but now i cant even get started to find out >> what needs it :-( >> >> Jen > > That is really quite an old version of FSBD. If possible, I think > you would be well served by updating to the latest version - 6.1 - > if possible. > > I may be wrong, but I do not believe that there is a lot of support > for that version anymore. > > -- > Gerard Seibert > gerard@seibercom.net > > Has anyone ever tasted an "end"? Are they really bitter? Version 4.x is no longer supported by FreeBSD at all. I suggest either reinstalling FreeBSD 5.4 or just install 6.1. -Garrett