pkgdb.db locked

[Lee Capps]

On Jun 19, 2006, at 11:28 AM, Bill Moran wrote:

> In response to Bill Moran <wmoran at collaborativefusion.com>:
>
>>
>>> Lewis McLouth wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>> Also, if pkgdb.db was deleted, how do I rebuild the pkgdb.db?  
>>>> (pkgdb -f
>>>> does not rebuild pkgdb.db, I just checked)
>>
>> portupgrade -an
>>
>> In order for portupgrade to analyze your packages, it needs to  
>> update the
>> pkgdb.  It will create it if it doesn't exist.
>
> Nevermind.  That's not working.
>
> pkgdb -fu is failing as well.  Shouldn't it generate the pkgdb if  
> it doesn't
> exist?

I had the same trouble this morning.  Apparently the 'portupgrade'  
port was broken this morning.   a cvsup and desintall and reinstall  
of portupgrade worked for me.  This will downgrade the port to the  
last stable version.

Lee

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Lee Capps
Technology Specialist
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