Unable to decipher error "ELF binary type 3 not known"

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Have you installed linux_base-8 ? kernel module (linux.ko) loaded ?

Bob Perry wrote:

>Cvsup'd system last weekend but was unable to complete portupgrade due
>to following error:
>	ELF binary type "3" not known
>	execution of expat-1.95.5_2 script failed, exit status 255
>	ELF binary type "3" not known
>	/compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
>	*** Error code 2
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>	Stop in /usr/ports/textproc/linux-expat.
>	*** Error code 1
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>The error apears while system is upgrading linux-expat-1.95.5_2 to
>linux-expat-1.95.5_3.  The error continues:
>	Stop in /usr/ports/textproc/linux-expat.
>	** Command failed [exitcode 1]: /usr/bin/script
>	-qa /tmp/portupgrade80885.59 make reinstall
>	egrep: /var/db/pkg/linux-expat-1.95.5_2/+CONTENTS: No such file 
>	or directory
>	--->  Restoring the old version
>	** Fix the installation problem and try again.
>
>Tried to deinstall/reinstall linux-expat-1.95.5_3 but received same
>error.  When I ran portupgrade -arR again, I received a Stale dependency
>error recommending I manually run pkgdb -F to fix, or specify -O to
>force.  I run pkgdb -F and each package which had been skipped earlier
>in the upgrade due to the original error now appear in Stale dependency
>scripts asking if I want to replace linux-expat-1.95.5_2.  The "score"
>in the first stale dependency issue is only 31%.  Nothing confuses me
>more than dealing with stale dependencies so I tried reviewing mail
>archives and googling for an answer.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can resolve this error?
>
>FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE #0.
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>Thanks
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