make install, portupgrade, etc broken

[Jonathan]

Tim Kellers wrote:
> Just tried it again (cut and paste, not a typescipt output)
> 
> mts-128# pkg_delete /var/db/pkg/nulib-3.25/
> mts-128# pkg_info /usr/ports/archivers/nulib/
> pkg_info: can't find package 'nulib' installed or in a file!
> mts-128# cd /var/db/pkg
> mts-128# ls -la nulib*
> ls: No match.
> mts-128#
> 
> It seemed to work and didn't return an error
> 
> On the broken fileserver:
> 
> su-2.03# pkg_delete /var/db/pkg/nmap-2.53/
> su-2.03# whereis nmap
> nmap: /usr/ports/security/nmap
> su-2.03# pkg_info security/nmap
> pkg_info: can't find package 'nmap' installed or in a file!
> su-2.03#

What's wrong with your "broken" fileserver? You deinstall a package, you 
use the whereis command and then you run pkg_info on something that 
doesn't exist. That's perfectly correct.

Here's mine:

-su-2.05b# whereis nmap
nmap: /usr/local/bin/nmap /usr/local/man/man1/nmap.1.gz 
/usr/ports/security/nmap
-su-2.05b# pkg_info security/nmap
pkg_info: can't find package 'nmap' installed or in a file!
-su-2.05b# pkg_info nmap
pkg_info: can't find package 'nmap' installed or in a file!
-su-2.05b# pkg_info nmap-3.30
Information for nmap-3.30:

Comment:
Port scanning utility for large networks
[snip out the rest of the description]

Your broken stuff doesn't tell us anything, really. What does "pkg_info" 
  show you about everything you have installed?

Have happens in you try "portinstall nmap" which doesn't require a 
specific version?

- J

P.S. Why are you not just using the package names for your pkg commands?