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

Julien Gabel jpeg at thilelli.net
Tue Jun 21 14:13:54 GMT 2005


>> 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
>>
>> 	Stop in /usr/ports/textproc/linux-expat.
>> 	*** Error code 1
>>
>> 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.

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

Forcing the reinstall of linux_base must solve this problem:
 # portupgrade -f linux_base

-- 
-jpeg.



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