latest portupgrade problem

[Fanz Klammer]

Mark Evenson schrieb:
> Fanz Klammer wrote:
>> Mark Evenson schrieb:
>>> I am getting (a possibly unrelated error):
>>>
>>> portupgrade -as
>>> Updating the pkgdb <format:dbm_hash> in /var/db/pkg ... ** Database 
>>> file locked. Waiting.
>>>
>>> Which waits forever.
> [...]
>> had the same problem: i removed the latest added patch 
>> "files/patch-lib-pkgdb.rb"
>> and did a "make install FORCE_PKG_REGISTER=yes" - now everything 
>> works again.
>>
>
> After removing this patch, and recompiling, and reinstalling I am now 
> getting:
>
> portupgrade -as
> [Rebuilding the pkgdb <format:dbm_hash> in /var/db/pkg ... ---> 
> [Executing a command as root: sudo /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb -aFQ]
> Command failed [exit code 1]: sudo /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb -aFQ
>
> So your fix doesn't seem to work for me.  Thanks for the help, though.
>
just an idea: seems that you are running portupgrade as non-root and 
sudo didn't work...
have you ever tried to run it as root?

/Franz