Stale dependency problem

Brian A. Seklecki lavalamp at spiritual-machines.org
Fri Oct 7 08:38:50 PDT 2005



> root at freebsd# pkgdb -F
> --->  Checking the package registry database
> Stale dependency: php4-overload-4.3.10_2 -> php4-4.3.10_2 (lang/php4):
> cannot convert nil into String
> New dependency? (? to help):
>

Backup your /var/db/pkg if you wish.  tar(1) it up.  Blow away the 
dependency wih control D, then answer "Yes" to all.

You can alway re-force-create the dependencies later with the pkg tools 
"-f" flags.

You really can't break anything here.

~BAS

> When I do '?', I get this:
>
> New dependency? (? to help): ?
> [Enter] to skip, [Ctrl]+[D] to delete,  [.][Enter] to abort, [Tab] to 
> complete
>
> Now I'm lost.  Can anyone give me a hint to start with?
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> Ugo
>
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