Portupgrade cannot upgrade pkgdb.db

[Matthew Seaman]

Jason Gretz wrote:
> Hey guys, I got this output when I tried upgrading my ports tree
> (portupgrade --a) :
>  
> [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ...
> /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format -- Invalid argument;
> rebuild needed] [Rebuilding the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ...
> [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ...
> /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format -- Invalid argument;
> rebuild needed] [Rebuilding the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ...
> /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format -- Invalid argument:
> Cannot update the pkgdb!]: Cannot update the pkgdb!]
>  
>  
>  
> Any Ideas? Thanks guys!

Yes.  Seems you updated BDB or switched versions to an incombatible one.
Blow away /usr/ports/INDEX-6.db and /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db and let portupgrade
regenerate them from scratch.  Those files are just summaries of other data
readily available from your system so they can be removed with impunity.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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