How to Upgrade Berkeley DB?

[Drew Tomlinson]

On 4/27/2007 1:09 PM Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Drew Tomlinson <drew at mykitchentable.net> writes:
>
>   
>> On 4/27/2007 10:58 AM Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>>     
>>> Drew Tomlinson <drew at mykitchentable.net> writes:
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Thanks for all the replies.  Funny thing is that when trying the
>>>> "portupgrade -o" solution and using "pkg_info | grep portupgrade", no
>>>> results were returned.  The /var/db/pkg directory had no portupgrade*
>>>> entries.  Thus I just used "portupgrade -N portupgrade" to upgrade.
>>>> All seemed OK.  I did notice a "make config" window that asked me
>>>> which version of Berkeley DB to use for the backend.  Not knowing, I
>>>> just chose the default of ">=2" and the port built without error.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Missing entries in the package database?  Could be a problem, although
>>> more likely it's just a mistake of some sort.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Next I attempted "pkgdb -L" suggested in the pkg-message file.  It
>>>> returned this error:
>>>>
>>>> blacksheep# pkgdb -L
>>>> [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format -- Invalid argument; rebuild needed] [Rebuilding the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format -- 
>>>> Invalid argument: Cannot update the pkgdb!]: Cannot update the pkgdb!]
>>>>
>>>> I assume this is due to choosing the incorrect Berkeley DB version?
>>>> So should I rebuild the portupgrade port and choose Berkeley DB 1.85
>>>> or is it recommended to convert the pkgdb to the newer version?  If I
>>>> should convert, how?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> My build machine is powered down today, so I can't get the exact
>>> answer, but it was in /usr/ports/UPDATING at the time.
>>>       
>> I just searched /usr/ports/UPDATING.  I only find two entries, neither
>> of which seems to cover my situation:
>>     
>
> You missed 20060703.
>   

Ah, now I see.  Berkeley is misspelled so when I searched the file for 
"Berkeley", it didn't catch "Berkley".

Thanks,

Drew

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