Stale dependency problem
Ugo Bellavance
ugob at camo-route.com
Tue Oct 11 08:55:19 PDT 2005
Brian A. Seklecki wrote:
>
>
>> 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.
>
It seems to have worked now. Thanks a lot Brian,
Ugo
> ~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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