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Date:      Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:35:11 -0400
From:      Lee Capps <lcapps@cteresource.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pkgdb.db locked
Message-ID:  <4336FAF4-0605-47D3-8B50-AB3645A6728D@cteresource.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060619112844.b9b3b831.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
References:  <44960EDC.2020906@mn.rr.com> <4496B716.7080505@webanoide.org> <20060619111330.ef3e2224.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <20060619112844.b9b3b831.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>

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On Jun 19, 2006, at 11:28 AM, Bill Moran wrote:

> In response to Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>:
>
>>
>>> Lewis McLouth wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>> Also, if pkgdb.db was deleted, how do I rebuild the pkgdb.db?  
>>>> (pkgdb -f
>>>> does not rebuild pkgdb.db, I just checked)
>>
>> portupgrade -an
>>
>> In order for portupgrade to analyze your packages, it needs to  
>> update the
>> pkgdb.  It will create it if it doesn't exist.
>
> Nevermind.  That's not working.
>
> pkgdb -fu is failing as well.  Shouldn't it generate the pkgdb if  
> it doesn't
> exist?

I had the same trouble this morning.  Apparently the 'portupgrade'  
port was broken this morning.   a cvsup and desintall and reinstall  
of portupgrade worked for me.  This will downgrade the port to the  
last stable version.

Lee

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Lee Capps
Technology Specialist
lcapps@cteresource.org






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