Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:06:52 -0500 From: Eduardo Cerejo <ejcerejo@optonline.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portmanager gives me an error message Message-ID: <20090123180652.0de8fe5c.ejcerejo@optonline.net> In-Reply-To: <20090123062819.1321855e@scorpio> References: <20090122200026.08be1e7a.ejcerejo@optonline.net> <20090123062819.1321855e@scorpio>
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:28:19 -0500 Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:00:26 -0500 > Eduardo Cerejo <ejcerejo@optonline.net> wrote: > > >I'm trying to upgrade any port with portmanager because portupgrade > >keeps failing all the time. No matter what port I try to upgrade I > >get this error: > > > >sudo portmanager x11/xterm -l -u > >Password: > >MGrStrlen error: NULL marker not found in string > >Assertion failed: (0), function MGrStrlen, file MGrStrlen.c, line 54. > >Abort > > > >I'm running FreeBSD 7.1 release. > > I am assuming you have the latest version of portmanager and an updated > ports tree. Try just running portmanager in a generic fashion; i.e.: > > portmanager -u -l -p -y > > See if that corrects the problem. Also, can you run it as root rather > than using sudo? I have no idea if that would make any difference; > however, I never use sudo when running portmanager myself. > > Also, you probably have portsclean installed. Clean out > your /usr/ports/distfiles directory and then run: > > portsclean -CLP > > Prior to running portmanger. It cannot hurt and it might fix something. > > You might also consider doing a deinstall/reinstall of portmanger if > you feel the program might have gotten damaged. > > > -- > Jerry > gesbbb@yahoo.com > > FOR SALE: > Parachute. Used once. > Never opened. Slightly Stained. > It makes no difference at all. I get the same kind of errors. Do you know if portmaster is less buggy than portupgrade?
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