[Fwd: Re: Package Database Corruption]

[Chris]

oops! replied to poster, forwarding to list as it worked.

Chris

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Package Database Corruption
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:56:31 -0500
From: Sean <rsh.lists at comcast.net>
Reply-To: rsh.lists at comcast.net
To: Chris <chris at childeric.freeserve.co.uk>
References: <4377D88C.1090809 at comcast.net> 
<43790487.7040203 at childeric.freeserve.co.uk>

Chris wrote:
> Sean wrote:
> 
>> I have some package corruption and have had no luck fixing the problem.
>> I have tried pkgdb -f, tried to remove and reinstall, and any other 
>> idea  that I could find.
>> Can anyone offer some suggestions on this problem?
>> Here are some of the problem packages.
>> I even tried a force and rebuild all packages, but obviously no luck.
>>
>> pkg_version: the package info for package 'linux-atk-1.2.0_3' is corrupt
>> pkg_version: the package info for package 'linux-expat-1.95.5_3' is 
>> corrupt
>> pkg_version: the package info for package 'linux-fontconfig-2.2.3' is 
>> corrupt
>> pkg_version: the package info for package 'linux-glib2-2.2.1_3' is 
>> corrupt
>> pkg_version: the package info for package 'linux-gtk2-2.2.1_5' is corrupt
>> pkg_version: the package info for package 'linux-jpeg-6b.15_4' is corrupt
>> pkg_version: the package info for package 'linux-pango-1.2.1_3' is 
>> corrupt
>> pkg_version: the package info for package 'linux-png-1.2.7_6' is corrupt
>> pkg_version: the package info for package 'linux-sun-jdk-1.4.2.08_2' 
>> is corrupt
>> pkg_version: the package info for package 'linux-tiff-3.6.1_3' is corrupt
> 
> 
> Can you pkg_delete -f <package.name> ?
> Also delete the work directory in each packages port directory if it 
> exists.
> Then try running portmanager.
> 
> At least some of those ports get installed by linuxpluginwrapper.
> 
> Chris
> 

Thanks Chris, that did the trick.

		Sean