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Cc: Petre Bandac <petre@kgb.ro>
Subject: Re: ports error (or warning) after cvsup
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On Wednesday 31 January 2007 19:15, Petre Bandac wrote:
>  portversion -v | grep "<"
> [missing key: categories] [Updating the portsdb <format:bdb_btree>
> in /usr/ports ... - 16409 port entries
> found
> .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000........
>.6000.........7000.........8000.........9000.........10000.........11000..
>.......12000.........13000.........14000.........15000.........16000....
> ..... done] missing key: categories: Cannot read the portsdb! database
> file error
>
>
> but it still lists ports; how can the "missing key" problem be
> restored ?

Same problem here using portupgrade. I ran a "make index" locally in 
my /usr/ports directory but the problem persisted..

JN